Shaun Costello
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1944
- Died
- July 5, 2023 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Writing for Time
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Hot Dreams
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Heaven's Touch
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Mistress Electra
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Pandora's Mirror
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Beauty
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Prisoner of Pleasure
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Dracula Exotica
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New York Construction Co.
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Afternoon Delights
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The Two Lives of Jennifer
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More Than Sisters
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Sunny
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Daughters of Discipline
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Slave Of Pleasure
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Fiona on Fire
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Schoolgirl's Reunion
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Betrayed Teens
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The Fire in Francesca
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Dirty Susan
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Water Power
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Midnight Desires
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The Untamed Vixens
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Dominatrix Without Mercy
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The Fury in Alice
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Sensuous Fly Girls
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She's No Angel
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Tortured Woman
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The Travails of June
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The Summer of Suzanne
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The Dark Side of Danielle
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That Lady from Rio
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The Story of Eloise
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Girl Scout Cookies
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The Joyriders
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Two Senoritas
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China Doll
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The Passions of Carol
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Cheryl's Surrender
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Lisa Meets Mr. Big
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Gladys and Her All Girl Band
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The School for Sexual Arts
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Kathy's Graduation Present
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Sin of Lust
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Hotel Hooker
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Teenage Nurses
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The Love Bus
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Come Fly with Us
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Pen Pals
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Lip Service
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Lady on the Couch
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Forced Entry
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Maxines' Dating Service
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Sweet Sexteen
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Come and Be Purified
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The Tycoon's Daughter
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Teachers and Cream
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Honeymoon Suite
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Ozark Sex Fiend
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Joe Rock Superstar
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Go Fly a Kite
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Tina Makes a Deal
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Hell's Kitten
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Sensuous Vixens
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