
1990
Writing for Time
A documentary by Shaun Costello about Time Magazine
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Filmmaker
Born
1944-01-01 · 79 yrs
Died
2023-07-05
From
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
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.…
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1990
A documentary by Shaun Costello about Time Magazine
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Showing 36 of 54 credits (through 1975)