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: Directing

Born: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, 1944-01-01

Died: 2023-07-05

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Sensuous Vixens	Photo Model with Mustache	0
2	1971	Feel		40
3	1971	The Magical Ring	First Fantasy Lover	30
4	1971	Love in the Rain	Shaun (uncredited)	0
5	1972	Selling It	(archive footage)	0
6	1972	Sexual Customs in Scandinavia	Mr. Thorens	0
7	1973	Forced Entry	David	51
8	1973	The Porn Brokers	Self	65
9	1973	Guess Who's Coming	Peter	0
10	1973	Joe Rock Superstar	Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite	0
11	1973	Tina Makes a Deal	Customs Agent	0
12	1973	Teachers and Cream	Mr. Boynton	0
13	1973	Come And Be Purified	Brother Francis	50
14	1973	Sweet Sexteen	Jerry	0
15	1973	Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks	Newscaster / Homer Heaply	0
16	1973	Honeymoon Suite	Jamie	80
17	1973	Go Fly a Kite	John Spaulding	0
18	1973	The Tycoon's Daughter	Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster	20
19	1974	Lip Service	Hired Guy	0
20	1974	Pen Pals	Good Samaritan / Man in Black	30
21	1974	Lady on the Couch	Poker Buddy (uncredited)	60
22	1974	Teenage Nurses	Joe / TV Reporter	0
23	1974	Come Fly with Us	Jay Basby	0
24	1974	The Love Bus	George	0
25	1974	The Hardy Girls		0
26	1975	Private Practice	Mr. Barnes	0
27	1975	The School for Sexual Arts	Guy in Final Class	18
28	1975	Sin of Lust	Bob Hartman	30
29	1975	Hotel Hooker	Pete	0
30	1975	Two Senoritas	Guy with Glasses	0
31	1975	The Passions of Carol	The Spirits	54
32	1975	Lisa Meets Mr. Big	Minister	40
33	1975	Gladys and Her All Girl Band	Lola	0
34	1975	Baby Oil	Orgy Guy with Two Girls	0
35	1975	China Doll	Bert	100
36	1975	Kathy's Graduation Present	Randy	0
37	1975	Cheryl's Surrender	Ray Lavagis	60
38	1976	The Untamed Vixens	Jerry	0
39	1976	Venture Into the Bizzare	Closing Narration (voice)	100
40	1976	The Summer of Suzanne	Chip	0
41	1976	She's No Angel	Dr. Warren Counter	50
42	1976	The Travails of June	Willy	40
43	1976	Midnight Desires	Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)	30
44	1976	Sensuous Fly Girls	Man in Stable	70
45	1976	The Story of Eloise	Edgar Frank	0
46	1976	Girl Scout Cookies	Mr. O'Malley	40
47	1976	The Fury in Alice	Chip Carson	0
48	1976	That Lady from Rio	Sex Slave (uncredited)	0
49	1976	Water Power	Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window	52
50	1976	Tortured Woman	El Gringo	0
51	1976	The Dark Side of Danielle	Bruce / Betty's Master	0
52	1977	Dirty Susan	Bob Gilroy	0
53	1977	Schoolgirl's Reunion	Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party	70
54	1977	Betrayed Teens	Bobby	35
55	1977	Cherry Hustlers	Company Investigator	0
56	1977	Joy Of Humiliation	Biker with Cigarette	75
57	1977	The Fire in Francesca	Troy Winston	0
58	1978	A Taste Of Bette	S.R.	20
59	1978	Daughters of Discipline	Bruno	30
60	1978	Slave of Pleasure	Richard Anselm / Masked Guy	65
61	1979	The Two Lives of Jennifer	Bob O'Connor	0
62	1979	More Than Sisters	Martin Randall	77
63	1980	New York Construction Co.		0
64	1981	Pandora's Mirror	Waiter / Man in Audition Line	70
65	1982	Mistress Electra	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	0
66	1982	Double Pleasure	(as Russ Carlson)	0
67	1990	Enrapture	Cigar Shop Man	30
68	2021	Hymns from the Abyss	Self (archive footage)	0

Shaun Costello

Film

Television