Shaun Costello
Shaun Costello began directing for "loops" (10-minute scenes shown in coin-operated viewers in adult theaters) in NYC in the early 1970s, and soon was directing (and acting in) full porn movies and other grindhouse "roughies" shown in Times Square's 42nd Street adult theaters. Costello took work where he could get it, often working for the Mob, who owned many adult theaters and distribution, and working under different aliases for different theaters so that no one (at the time) knew that he was his own competition. Eventually moving on to a mainstream documentary career, Costello written and directed grindhouse movies - rough and violent and reflecting of their times - have seen a resurgence as the 2010's have seen these movies be remastered and re-released and often seen for the first time in decades. Anyone interested in the history of American porn or grindhouse/exploitation theater of the late 1960s and 1970s will likely have encountered Shaun Costello's work, often unknowingly due to his prolific use of aliases.
64 directing credits · 68 acting credits
Directing · 64
Mistress Electra
1982
Writing for Time
1990
Water Power
1976
Pandora's Mirror
1981
Forced Entry
1973
Dracula Exotica
1980
Teenage Nurses
1974
Maxines' Dating Service
1973
The Two Lives of Jennifer
1979
New York Construction Co.
1980
The Love Bus
1974
The Joyriders
1975
Sweet Sexteen
1973
Two Senoritas
1975
China Doll
1975
Afternoon Delights
1980
The Passions of Carol
1975
Midnight Desires
1976
The Untamed Vixens
1976
Cheryl's Surrender
1975
Dominatrix Without Mercy
1976
The Fury in Alice
1976
More Than Sisters
1979
Hot Dreams
1983
Come and Be Purified
1973
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
1975
Daughters of Discipline
1978
Sunny
1979
Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Beauty
1981
Come Fly with Us
1974
Sensuous Vixens
1971
Heaven's Touch
1983
Slave of Pleasure
1978
Hell's Kitten
1972
Betrayed Teens
1977
Sensuous Fly Girls
1976
Prisoner of Pleasure
1981
Pen Pals
1974
She's No Angel
1976
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
1975
The Tycoon's Daughter
1973
Tortured Woman
1976
The Travails of June
1976
The Summer of Suzanne
1976
The School for Sexual Arts
1975
The Dark Side of Danielle
1976
That Lady from Rio
1976
Teachers and Cream
1973
Honeymoon Suite
1973
The Story of Eloise
1976
Ozark Sex Fiend
1973
Kathy's Graduation Present
1975
Sin of Lust
1975
Joe Rock Superstar
1973
Go Fly a Kite
1973
Girl Scout Cookies
1976
Fiona on Fire
1978
The Fire in Francesca
1977
Dirty Susan
1977
Tina Makes a Deal
1973
Lip Service
1974
Lady on the Couch
1974
Hotel Hooker
1975
Acting · 68
Enrapture
1990
Hymns from the Abyss
2021
The Magical Ring
1971
Mistress Electra
1982
The Love Bus
1974
Pandora's Mirror
1981
Forced Entry
1973
Cheryl's Surrender
1975
The Untamed Vixens
1976
Teenage Nurses
1974
Joy Of Humiliation
1977
The Fury in Alice
1976
The Porn Brokers
1973
Selling It
1972
Venture Into the Bizzare
1976
The Two Lives of Jennifer
1979
The Summer of Suzanne
1976
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
1972
Feel
1971
Cherry Hustlers
1977
Private Practice
1975
Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Two Senoritas
1975
Sweet Sexteen
1973
Sensuous Vixens
1971
China Doll
1975
Midnight Desires
1976
Water Power
1976
Double Pleasure
1982
Come Fly with Us
1974
Slave of Pleasure
1978
Guess Who's Coming
1973
A Taste Of Bette
1978
Betrayed Teens
1977
Daughters of Discipline
1978
Sensuous Fly Girls
1976
Pen Pals
1974
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
1975
The Tycoon's Daughter
1973
She's No Angel
1976
Honeymoon Suite
1973
Tortured Woman
1976
The Travails of June
1976
The School for Sexual Arts
1975
The Dark Side of Danielle
1976
Sin of Lust
1975
Love in the Rain
1971
That Lady from Rio
1976
Teachers and Cream
1973
The Story of Eloise
1976
Ozark Sex Fiend
1973
Go Fly a Kite
1973
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
1975
Kathy's Graduation Present
1975
Girl Scout Cookies
1976
Joe Rock Superstar
1973
The Fire in Francesca
1977
Lip Service
1974
Tina Makes a Deal
1973
Dirty Susan
1977
More Than Sisters
1979
Baby Oil
1975
Come and Be Purified
1973
Hotel Hooker
1975
Lady on the Couch
1974
The Passions of Carol
1975
New York Construction Co.
1980
French Schoolgirls
1976