Shaun Costello
Directing · Born Jan 1, 1944 · Died Jul 5, 2023 (79) · The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Directed
Writing for Time
1990
Hot Dreams
19835.7
Heaven's Touch
19836.0
Mistress Electra
198210.0
Pandora's Mirror
19817.5
Prisoner of Pleasure
198110.0
Beauty
19818.0
Dracula Exotica
19805.6
Afternoon Delights
19806.6
New York Construction Co.
19808.0
More Than Sisters
19797.5
Sunny
19796.6
The Two Lives of Jennifer
19798.0
Fiona on Fire
19786.2
Slave Of Pleasure
19787.0
Daughters of Discipline
19785.5
The Fire in Francesca
19778.0
Betrayed Teens
19775.3
Schoolgirl's Reunion
19777.0
Dirty Susan
19777.0
The Dark Side of Danielle
1976
Tortured Woman
19767.0
Water Power
19765.5
That Lady from Rio
197610.0
The Fury in Alice
19767.5
Girl Scout Cookies
19765.5
Dominatrix Without Mercy
19766.5
The Story of Eloise
197610.0
Sensuous Fly Girls
19767.5
Midnight Desires
19766.0
The Untamed Vixens
19769.0
She's No Angel
19767.3
The Travails of June
19766.5
The Summer of Suzanne
19767.5
Cheryl's Surrender
19757.5
Kathy's Graduation Present
19758.0
China Doll
19759.5
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
19754.0
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
19757.0
The Passions of Carol
19755.3
Two Senoritas
19757.0
The Joyriders
19759.0
The School for Sexual Arts
19754.5
Sin of Lust
19755.5
Hotel Hooker
197510.0
The Love Bus
19747.0
Come Fly with Us
19748.0
Teenage Nurses
197410.0
Lady on the Couch
19747.0
Pen Pals
19745.0
Lip Service
19749.0
Maxines' Dating Service
197310.0
The Tycoon's Daughter
19735.5
Go Fly a Kite
197310.0
Honeymoon Suite
19737.5
Ozark Sex Fiend
19739.0
Sweet Sexteen
19738.0
Come and Be Purified
19736.5
Teachers and Cream
19739.0
Tina Makes a Deal
197310.0
Joe Rock Superstar
19738.0
Forced Entry
19735.4
Hell's Kitten
19727.0
Sensuous Vixens
19718.0
