Directing
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.
Filmography
Hymns from the Abyss
Film · 2021
Enrapture
Film · 1990
Double Pleasure
Film · 1982
Mistress Electra
Film · 1982
Pandora's Mirror
Film · 1981
New York Construction Co.
Film · 1980
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Film · 1979
More Than Sisters
Film · 1979
Slave Of Pleasure
Film · 1978
A Taste of Bette
Film · 1978
Daughters of Discipline
Film · 1978
Joy of Humiliation
Film · 1977
Cherry Hustlers
Film · 1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Film · 1977
Betrayed Teens
Film · 1977
The Fire in Francesca
Film · 1977
Dirty Susan
Film · 1977
The Untamed Vixens
Film · 1976
The Fury in Alice
Film · 1976
Venture Into the Bizzare
Film · 1976
The Summer of Suzanne
Film · 1976
Midnight Desires
Film · 1976
Water Power
Film · 1976
Sensuous Fly Girls
Film · 1976
She's No Angel
Film · 1976
Tortured Woman
Film · 1976
The Travails of June
Film · 1976
The Dark Side of Danielle
Film · 1976
That Lady from Rio
Film · 1976
The Story of Eloise
Film · 1976
Girl Scout Cookies
Film · 1976
French Schoolgirls
Film · 1976
Cheryl's Surrender
Film · 1975
Private Practice
Film · 1975
Two Senoritas
Film · 1975
China Doll
Film · 1975
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Film · 1975
The School for Sexual Arts
Film · 1975
Sin of Lust
Film · 1975
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Film · 1975
Kathy's Graduation Present
Film · 1975
Baby Oil
Film · 1975
Hotel Hooker
Film · 1975
The Passions of Carol
Film · 1975
The Love Bus
Film · 1974
Teenage Nurses
Film · 1974
Come Fly with Us
Film · 1974
Pen Pals
Film · 1974
Lip Service
Film · 1974
Lady on the Couch
Film · 1974
Forced Entry
Film · 1973
The Porn Brokers
Film · 1973
Sweet Sexteen
Film · 1973
Guess Who's Coming
Film · 1973
The Tycoon's Daughter
Film · 1973
Honeymoon Suite
Film · 1973
Teachers and Cream
Film · 1973
Ozark Sex Fiend
Film · 1973
Go Fly a Kite
Film · 1973
Joe Rock Superstar
Film · 1973
Tina Makes a Deal
Film · 1973
Come and Be Purified
Film · 1973
Selling It
Film · 1972
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Film · 1972
Feel
Film · 1971
Sensuous Vixens
Film · 1971
The Magical Ring
Film · 1971
Love in the Rain
Film · 1971