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.
Known for
Enrapture
Cigar Shop Man
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
The Love Bus
George
Pandora's Mirror
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
Forced Entry
David
The Untamed Vixens
Jerry
Cheryl's Surrender
Ray Lavagis
Teenage Nurses
Joe / TV Reporter
Joy Of Humiliation
Biker with Cigarette
The Fury in Alice
Chip Carson
The Porn Brokers
Self
Selling It
(archive footage)
Venture Into the Bizzare
Closing Narration (voice)
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor
The Summer of Suzanne
Chip
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Mr. Thorens
Feel
Cherry Hustlers
Company Investigator
Private Practice
Mr. Barnes
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
Sweet Sexteen
Jerry
Two Senoritas
Guy with Glasses
Sensuous Vixens
Photo Model with Mustache
China Doll
Bert
Midnight Desires
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
Water Power
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
Double Pleasure
(archive footage)
The Magical Ring
First Fantasy Lover
Come Fly with Us
Jay Basby
Slave of Pleasure
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
Guess Who's Coming
Peter
A Taste Of Bette
S.R.
Betrayed Teens
Bobby
Daughters of Discipline
Bruno
Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sensuous Fly Girls
Man in Stable
Pen Pals
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Lola
The Tycoon's Daughter
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
She's No Angel
Dr. Warren Counter
Honeymoon Suite
Jamie
Tortured Woman
El Gringo
The Travails of June
Willy
The School for Sexual Arts
Guy in Final Class
The Dark Side of Danielle
Bruce / Betty's Master
Sin of Lust
Bob Hartman
Love in the Rain
Shaun (uncredited)
That Lady from Rio
Sex Slave (uncredited)
Teachers and Cream
Mr. Boynton
The Story of Eloise
Edgar Frank
Ozark Sex Fiend
Newscaster / Homer Heaply
Go Fly a Kite
John Spaulding
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Minister
Kathy's Graduation Present
Randy
Girl Scout Cookies
Mr. O'Malley
Joe Rock Superstar
Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
The Fire in Francesca
Troy Winston
Tina Makes a Deal
Customs Agent
Lip Service
Hired Guy
Dirty Susan
Bob Gilroy
More Than Sisters
Martin Randall
Baby Oil
Orgy Guy with Two Girls
Come And Be Purified
Brother Francis
Hotel Hooker
Pete
Lady on the Couch
Poker Buddy (uncredited)
The Passions of Carol
The Spirits