Shaun Costello
AKA: Russ Carlson, Lars Tobin, Eclair von Ott
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1944-01-01
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.
Crew Roles
Water Power
Director
Pandora's Mirror
Writer
Pandora's Mirror
Director
Pandora's Mirror
Production Design
Pandora's Mirror
Producer
Dracula Exotica
Producer
Dracula Exotica
Director
Forced Entry
Director
Forced Entry
Editor
Dracula Exotica
Writer
Forced Entry
Writer
Forced Entry
Producer
Teenage Nurses
Screenplay
Teenage Nurses
Editor
Teenage Nurses
Director
Teenage Nurses
Producer
The Joyriders
Writer
The Joyriders
Producer
The Joyriders
Editor
Maxines' Dating Service
Director
The Summer of Suzanne
Writer
Sin of Lust
Writer
The Dark Side of Danielle
Writer
Honeymoon Suite
Writer
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Producer
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Writer
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Director
Writing for Time
Director of Photography
Writing for Time
Editor
New York Construction Co.
Editor
New York Construction Co.
Director
New York Construction Co.
Writer
Popcorn
Associate Producer
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Editor
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Producer
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Writer
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Writer
Go Fly a Kite
Producer
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Producer
Go Fly a Kite
Writer
The Love Bus
Director
The Love Bus
Writer
Come And Be Purified
Producer
The Story of Eloise
Producer
The Story of Eloise
Editor
The Story of Eloise
Writer
Lady on the Couch
Producer
Lady on the Couch
Editor
Midnight Desires
Screenplay
Kathy's Graduation Present
Writer
The Joyriders
Director
Midnight Desires
Producer
Afternoon Delights
Editor
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Writer
Teachers and Cream
Producer
Tina Makes a Deal
Producer
Tina Makes a Deal
Editor
Teachers and Cream
Writer
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Writer
Sweet Sexteen
Editor
Sweet Sexteen
Writer
Sweet Sexteen
Director
Sweet Sexteen
Producer
Two Senoritas
Director
Two Senoritas
Producer
Two Senoritas
Writer
China Doll
Director
Afternoon Delights
Director
The Passions of Carol
Director
The Passions of Carol
Screenplay
Midnight Desires
Director
Midnight Desires
Editor
Water Power
Writer
Water Power
Producer
Water Power
Editor
Slave of Pleasure
Screenplay
Slave of Pleasure
Producer
The Love Witch
Producer
The Untamed Vixens
Director
The Untamed Vixens
Writer
The Untamed Vixens
Editor
The Untamed Vixens
Producer
Cheryl's Surrender
Director
Cheryl's Surrender
Writer
Cheryl's Surrender
Producer
Cheryl's Surrender
Editor
Sunny
Writer
Sunny
Producer
The Fury in Alice
Producer
Dominatrix Without Mercy
Director
The Fury in Alice
Director
Hotel Hooker
Producer
The Fury in Alice
Writer
Hotel Hooker
Editor
More Than Sisters
Director
More Than Sisters
Screenplay
Afternoon Delights
Screenplay
Hot Dreams
Director
Come And Be Purified
Director
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Director
Daughters of Discipline
Director
Sunny
Director
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Director
Beauty
Director
Beauty
Writer
Beauty
Producer
Beauty
Title Designer
Come Fly with Us
Director
Hot Dreams
Writer
Hot Dreams
Special Effects
Hot Dreams
Production Design
Hot Dreams
Producer
Hot Dreams
Visual Effects
Sensuous Vixens
Director
Sensuous Vixens
Writer
Heaven's Touch
Title Designer
Heaven's Touch
Additional Photography
Heaven's Touch
Writer
Heaven's Touch
Producer
Heaven's Touch
Director
Slave of Pleasure
Director
Hell's Kitten
Director
Betrayed Teens
Producer
Betrayed Teens
Writer
Betrayed Teens
Director
Daughters of Discipline
Producer
Daughters of Discipline
Writer
Mistress Electra
Writer
Mistress Electra
Director
Mistress Electra
Title Designer
Mistress Electra
Producer
Sensuous Fly Girls
Director
Sensuous Fly Girls
Writer
Sensuous Fly Girls
Producer
Prisoner of Pleasure
Writer
Prisoner of Pleasure
Director
Writing for Time
Director
Pen Pals
Director
Pen Pals
Writer
She's No Angel
Director
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Director
The Tycoon's Daughter
Director
The Travails of June
Director
The Summer of Suzanne
Director
Tortured Woman
Director
The School for Sexual Arts
Director
The Dark Side of Danielle
Director
That Lady from Rio
Writer
That Lady from Rio
Director
Teachers and Cream
Director
Honeymoon Suite
Director
The Story of Eloise
Director
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Director
Kathy's Graduation Present
Director
Sin of Lust
Director
Joe Rock Superstar
Director
Go Fly a Kite
Director
Girl Scout Cookies
Director
The Fire in Francesca
Director
Fiona on Fire
Director
Dominatrix Without Mercy
Writer
Dirty Susan
Director
Tina Makes a Deal
Director
Lip Service
Director
Tina Makes a Deal
Writer
Lip Service
Writer
China Doll
Writer
Lady on the Couch
Writer
Lady on the Couch
Director
Hotel Hooker
Director
Hotel Hooker
Writer
Come Fly with Us
Writer
Come Fly with Us
Producer
Come Fly with Us
Editor
The Travails of June
Editor
The Travails of June
Producer
The Travails of June
Writer
Water Power
Special Effects
Water Power
Title Designer
The Passions of Carol
Producer
The Passions of Carol
Special Effects
The Passions of Carol
Main Title Designer
The Passions of Carol
Editor
The Passions of Carol
Visual Effects
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