
Director
Shaun Costello
Born 1944 · 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.
Directed

Mistress Electra
Director · 1982

Teenage Nurses
Director · 1974

Maxines' Dating Service
Director · 1973

Prisoner of Pleasure
Director · 1981

That Lady from Rio
Director · 1976

The Story of Eloise
Director · 1976

Go Fly a Kite
Director · 1973

Tina Makes a Deal
Director · 1973

Hotel Hooker
Director · 1975

China Doll
Director · 1975

The Joyriders
Director · 1975

The Untamed Vixens
Director · 1976

The Summer of Suzanne
Director · 1976

Teachers and Cream
Director · 1973

Ozark Sex Fiend
Director · 1973

Lip Service
Director · 1974

Sensuous Fly Girls
Director · 1976

The Two Lives of Jennifer
Director · 1979
Acting

Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1982

Teenage Nurses
Joe / TV Reporter · 1974
Selling It
(archive footage) · 1972

Love in the Rain
Shaun (uncredited) · 1971

That Lady from Rio
Sex Slave (uncredited) · 1976

The Story of Eloise
Edgar Frank · 1976

Go Fly a Kite
John Spaulding · 1973

Tina Makes a Deal
Customs Agent · 1973

Hotel Hooker
Pete · 1975

Venture Into the Bizzare
Closing Narration (voice) · 1976

China Doll
Bert · 1975

The Untamed Vixens
Jerry · 1976

The Summer of Suzanne
Chip · 1976

Teachers and Cream
Mr. Boynton · 1973

Ozark Sex Fiend
Newscaster / Homer Heaply · 1973

Lip Service
Hired Guy · 1974

Joy Of Humiliation
Biker with Cigarette · 1977
Double Pleasure
(archive footage) · 1982

Sensuous Fly Girls
Man in Stable · 1976

The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor · 1979

Kathy's Graduation Present
Randy · 1975

More Than Sisters
Martin Randall · 1979

Cherry Hustlers
Company Investigator · 1977

Private Practice
Mr. Barnes · 1975
Writing

Mistress Electra
Writer · 1982

Teenage Nurses
Screenplay · 1974

Go Fly a Kite
Writer · 1973

The Story of Eloise
Writer · 1976

Prisoner of Pleasure
Writer · 1981

That Lady from Rio
Writer · 1976

Tina Makes a Deal
Writer · 1973

Hotel Hooker
Writer · 1975

China Doll
Writer · 1975

The Joyriders
Writer · 1975

The Summer of Suzanne
Writer · 1976

Ozark Sex Fiend
Writer · 1973