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.
Acting
Movie
Forced Entry
as David
1973
Movie
Water Power
as Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
1976
Movie
The Passions of Carol
as The Spirits
1975
Movie
Pandora's Mirror
as Waiter / Man in Audition Line
1981
Movie
The Porn Brokers
as Self
1973
Movie
Enrapture
as Cigar Shop Man
1990
Movie
More Than Sisters
as Martin Randall
1979
Movie
Joy of Humiliation
as Biker with Cigarette
1977
Movie
Schoolgirl's Reunion
as Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
1977
Movie
Slave of Pleasure
as Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
1978
Movie
A Taste of Bette
as S.R.
1978
Movie
Betrayed Teens
as Bobby
1977
Movie
Sensuous Fly Girls
as Man in Stable
1976
Movie
She's No Angel
as Dr. Warren Counter
1976
Movie
The School for Sexual Arts
as Guy in Final Class
1975
Movie
Cheryl's Surrender
as Ray Lavagis
1975
Movie
The Fury in Alice
as Chip Carson
1976
Movie
Venture Into the Bizzare
as Closing Narration (voice)
1976
Movie
The Two Lives of Jennifer
as Bob O'Connor
1979
Movie
The Summer of Suzanne
as Chip
1976
Movie
Feel
1971
Movie
China Doll
as Bert
1975
Movie
Midnight Desires
as Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
1976
Movie
Double Pleasure
as (archive footage)
1982
Crew
Movie
Popcorn
Associate Producer
1991
Movie
Forced Entry
Director
1973
Movie
Water Power
Director
1976
Movie
Dracula Exotica
Director
1980
Movie
The Passions of Carol
Screenplay
1975
Movie
Sunny
Writer
1979
Movie
Pandora's Mirror
Director
1981
Movie
Afternoon Delights
Editor
1980
Movie
More Than Sisters
Director
1979
Movie
Heaven's Touch
Director
1983
Movie
Fiona on Fire
Director
1978
Movie
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Writer
1977