Shaun Costello
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
Acting
1974
asGeorge
1981
asWaiter / Man in Audition Line
1973
asDavid
1976
asJerry
1975
asRay Lavagis
1974
asJoe / TV Reporter
1977
asBiker with Cigarette
1976
asChip Carson
1973
asSelf
1972
as(archive footage)
1976
asClosing Narration (voice)
1979
asBob O'Connor
1976
asChip
1972
asMr. Thorens
1971
as
1977
asCompany Investigator
1975
asMr. Barnes
1977
asFootball Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
1973
asJerry
1975
asGuy with Glasses
2021
asSelf (archive footage)
1971
asPhoto Model with Mustache
1990
asCigar Shop Man
1975
asBert
1976
asChauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
1976
asPolice Station Cop / Man at Car Window
1982
as(as Russ Carlson)
1971
asFirst Fantasy Lover
1974
asJay Basby
1978
asRichard Anselm / Masked Guy
1973
asPeter
1978
asS.R.
1977
asBobby
1978
asBruno
1982
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
1976
asMan in Stable
1974
asGood Samaritan / Man in Black
1975
asLola
1973
asNewspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
1976
asDr. Warren Counter
1973
asJamie
1976
asEl Gringo
1976
asWilly
1975
asGuy in Final Class
1976
asBruce / Betty's Master
1975
asBob Hartman
1971
asShaun (uncredited)
1976
asSex Slave (uncredited)
1973
asMr. Boynton
1976
asEdgar Frank
1973
asNewscaster / Homer Heaply
1973
asJohn Spaulding
1975
asMinister
1975
asRandy
1976
asMr. O'Malley
1973
asRock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
1977
asTroy Winston
1973
asCustoms Agent
1974
asHired Guy
1977
asBob Gilroy
1979
asMartin Randall
1975
asOrgy Guy with Two Girls
1973
asBrother Francis
1975
asPete
1974
asPoker Buddy (uncredited)
1975
asThe Spirits
1980
as1974
asProduction
1981
as
1980
as1973
as1974
as
1975
as1979
as
1991
as1977
as1973
as1973
as1973
as1976
as1974
as1976
as1973
as1973
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as1975
as1976
as1978
as
1973
as1976
as1975
as
1979
as1975
as1976
as
1981
as
1983
as
1983
as1977
as1978
as1982
as1976
as1974
as1976
as1975
asCrew
Directing
1976
as1981
as1980
as1973
as1974
as
1973
as1979
as1980
as1974
as1975
as1973
as1975
as1975
as
1980
as1975
as1976
as1976
as1975
as
1976
as1976
as1979
as1983
as1973
as1975
as1978
as1979
as1977
as1981
as1974
as1971
as1983
as1978
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1972
as1977
as1982
as1976
as
1981
as
1990
as1974
as1976
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as1973
as1976
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as1975
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as1973
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1978
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