Shaun Costello

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

67

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-01-01

Day of death

2023-07-05 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Shaun Costello

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

  • Enrapture

    Enrapture

  • Hymns from the Abyss

    Hymns from the Abyss

  • The Love Bus

    The Love Bus

  • Pandora's Mirror

    Pandora's Mirror

  • Forced Entry

    Forced Entry

  • Cheryl's Surrender

    Cheryl's Surrender

  • The Untamed Vixens

    The Untamed Vixens

  • Teenage Nurses

    Teenage Nurses

  • Joy Of Humiliation

    Joy Of Humiliation

  • The Fury in Alice

    The Fury in Alice

  • The Porn Brokers

    The Porn Brokers

  • Selling It

    Selling It

  • Venture Into the Bizzare

    Venture Into the Bizzare

  • The Two Lives of Jennifer

    The Two Lives of Jennifer

  • The Summer of Suzanne

    The Summer of Suzanne

  • Sexual Customs in Scandinavia

    Sexual Customs in Scandinavia

  • Feel

    Feel

  • Cherry Hustlers

    Cherry Hustlers

  • Private Practice

    Private Practice

  • Schoolgirl's Reunion

    Schoolgirl's Reunion

  • Two Senoritas

    Two Senoritas

  • Sweet Sexteen

    Sweet Sexteen

  • Sensuous Vixens

    Sensuous Vixens

  • China Doll

    China Doll

  • Midnight Desires

    Midnight Desires

  • Water Power

    Water Power

  • Double Pleasure

    Double Pleasure

  • The Magical Ring

    The Magical Ring

  • Come Fly with Us

    Come Fly with Us

  • Slave of Pleasure

    Slave of Pleasure

  • Guess Who's Coming

    Guess Who's Coming

  • A Taste Of Bette

    A Taste Of Bette

  • Betrayed Teens

    Betrayed Teens

  • Daughters of Discipline

    Daughters of Discipline

  • Mistress Electra

    Mistress Electra

  • Sensuous Fly Girls

    Sensuous Fly Girls

  • Pen Pals

    Pen Pals

  • Gladys and Her All Girl Band

    Gladys and Her All Girl Band

  • The Tycoon's Daughter

    The Tycoon's Daughter

  • She's No Angel

    She's No Angel

  • Honeymoon Suite

    Honeymoon Suite

  • Tortured Woman

    Tortured Woman

  • The Travails of June

    The Travails of June

  • The School for Sexual Arts

    The School for Sexual Arts

  • The Dark Side of Danielle

    The Dark Side of Danielle

  • Sin of Lust

    Sin of Lust

  • Love in the Rain

    Love in the Rain

  • That Lady from Rio

    That Lady from Rio

  • Teachers and Cream

    Teachers and Cream

  • The Story of Eloise

    The Story of Eloise

  • Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks

    Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks

  • Go Fly a Kite

    Go Fly a Kite

  • Lisa Meets Mr. Big

    Lisa Meets Mr. Big

  • Kathy's Graduation Present

    Kathy's Graduation Present

  • Girl Scout Cookies

    Girl Scout Cookies

  • Joe Rock Superstar

    Joe Rock Superstar

  • The Fire in Francesca

    The Fire in Francesca

  • Tina Makes a Deal

    Tina Makes a Deal

  • Lip Service

    Lip Service

  • Dirty Susan

    Dirty Susan

  • More Than Sisters

    More Than Sisters

  • Baby Oil

    Baby Oil

  • Come And Be Purified

    Come And Be Purified

  • Hotel Hooker

    Hotel Hooker

  • Lady on the Couch

    Lady on the Couch

  • The Passions of Carol

    The Passions of Carol

  • New York Construction Co.

    New York Construction Co.