Shaun Costello
Directing
- Born:
- 1944-01-01
- Died:
- 2023-07-05
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hymns from the Abyss
Enrapture
Double Pleasure
Mistress Electra
Pandora's Mirror
New York Construction Co.
More Than Sisters
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Slave Of Pleasure
A Taste of Bette
Daughters of Discipline
The Fire in Francesca
Joy of Humiliation
Cherry Hustlers
Betrayed Teens
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Dirty Susan
The Dark Side of Danielle
Tortured Woman
Water Power
That Lady from Rio
French Schoolgirls
The Fury in Alice
Girl Scout Cookies
The Story of Eloise
Sensuous Fly Girls
Midnight Desires
The Untamed Vixens
Venture Into the Bizzare
The Summer of Suzanne
She's No Angel
The Travails of June
Cheryl's Surrender
Kathy's Graduation Present
China Doll
Baby Oil
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
The Passions of Carol
Two Senoritas
Private Practice
The School for Sexual Arts
Sin of Lust
Hotel Hooker
The Love Bus
Come Fly with Us
Teenage Nurses
Lady on the Couch
Pen Pals
Lip Service
The Tycoon's Daughter
Go Fly a Kite
Honeymoon Suite
Ozark Sex Fiend
Sweet Sexteen
Come and Be Purified
Teachers and Cream
Tina Makes a Deal
Joe Rock Superstar
Guess Who's Coming
Forced Entry
The Porn Brokers
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Selling It
Love in the Rain
The Magical Ring
Feel
Sensuous Vixens