Costo, Oscar L. 1953- (Oscar Costo, Oscar Luis Costo)

PERSONAL

Born July 11, 1953, in Havana, Cuba; married Vivian Wu (an actress), December 30, 1996.

Career:

Producer and director. Mar de Oro Films, partner.

Awards, Honors:

Video Premiere Award nomination, best live-action video premiere movie, DVD Exclusive Awards, 2001, for Prancer Returns.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Associate producer and production manager, The Unholy, Vestron Pictures, 1988.

Associate producer and production manager, Midnight Crossing, Vestron Pictures, 1988.

Producer and unit production manager, Judgment (also known as Hitz), Vidmark Entertainment, 1989.

Producer, Excessive Force, New Line Cinema, 2001.

(As Oscar Luis Costco) Coproducer, Kinamand (also known as Chinaman), Nordisk Film Biografdistribution, 2005.

Director and producer, Shanghai Red, 2006.

Television Work; Series:

(Uncredited) Co-executive producer and producer, Sins of the City, USA Network, 1998.

Television Work; Movies:

Coproducer, Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture, HBO, 1990.

Unit production manager, Psycho IV: The Beginning, NBC, 1991.

Producer, Murder 101, 1991.

Producer and unit production manager, Red Wind, 1991.

(Uncredited) Producer and unit production manager, White Lie, 1991.

Coproducer, The Broken Cord, ABC, 1992.

Producer and unit production manager, Blindsided, 1993.

Producer, second unit director, and unit production manager, Vanishing Son, 1994.

Producer, Vanishing Son II, syndicated, 1994.

Producer, Vanishing Son III, syndicated, 1994.

Producer, unit manager, and second unit director, Vanishing Son IV, syndicated, 1994.

Producer and unit production manager, Dead Air, Showtime, 1994.

Producer, The Chippendales Murder, USA Network, 2000.

Director, My Funny Valentine, 2000.

(As Oscar Luis Costco) Co-executive producer and producer, Prancer Returns, USA Network, 2001.

Producer, Hitched, USA Network, 2001.

Producer, Saint Sinner (also known as Clive Barker's "Saint Sinner"), Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

(As Oscar Luis Costco) Producer, Stealing Christmas, USA Network, 2003.

Director, Encrypt, Sci-Fi Channel, 2003.

(As Oscar Luis Costco) Producer, unit production manager, and second unit director, The Last Ride, USA Network, 2004.

Television Director; Specials:

My Funny Valentine, 2000.

Television Producer; Episodic:

"Vapors," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1994.

"When We Dead Awaken," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1994.

"Dagger Redux," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Splashdown," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

Television Production Manager; Episodic:

"Dagger Redux," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Splashdown," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

Television Director; Episodic:

New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, 1994.

"Dream Weaver," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Dagger Redux," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Spindrift," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

"Resurrection," SeaQuest DSV (also known as SeaQuest 2032), NBC, 1995.

Swift Justice, 1996.

(As Oscar Costo) "The Good, the Bad and the Wealthy," Sliders, Fox, 1996.

"In Dino Veritas," Sliders, Fox, 1996.

The Burning Zone, UPN, 1996.

Dark Skies, NBC, 1996.

Viper, NBC, 1997.

413 Hope Street, 1997.

"Prison Story," The Pretender, NBC, 1997.

Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (also known as S.O.F., Inc., S.O.F. Special Ops Force, and SOF, Inc.), syndicated, 1997.

The Net, USA Network, 1998.

Three, 1998.

(As Oscar Costco) "The Pack," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001.

(As Oscar Costco) "The Waste," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001.

"The Skin," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001.

"The Eve," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001.

"The Love," Special Unit 2 (also known as SU2), UPN, 2001.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Shanghai Red, 2006.