Person
Amos Poe
Directing · 1949–2025 · Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Biography
Amos Poe, born Amos Jay Porges, was a quintessential New York independent filmmaker, a key figure in the emergence of the No Wave cinema movement that evolved from the punk music scene and flourished from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s on New York's Lower East Side.
Known for
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Alphabet City
Director
Subway Riders
Writer Ant
TV Party
1978
Rocket Gibraltar
Writer
The Guitar
Author
Dead Weekend
Director
TV Party
Self
Frogs for Snakes
Director
Joey Breaker
Producer
Filmography
- 2025Adios
- 2024HoLEYThe Priest
- 2021A Bit of Time with Amos PoeSelf
- 2013Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting GallerySelf
- 2013HunterFelix
- 2012A Walk in the ParkDirector
- 2011Blank CitySelf
- 2010La commedia di Amos PoeDirector
- 2009No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New YorkSelf
- 2008The GuitarAuthor
- 2007Empire IIDirector
- 2005TV PartySelf
- 2003Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve EarleDirector
- 2001Downtown '81Conversationalist at Mudd Club
- 1998Frogs for SnakesDirector
- 1995Dead WeekendDirector
- 1993Joey BreakerProducer
- 1992Triple Bogey On A Par Five HoleWriter
- 1988Rocket GibraltarWriter
- 1984Alphabet CityDirector
- 1982SmithereensHustler in Bar
- 1982Cinématon XVIIN°163
- 1981Subway RidersWriter Ant
- 1981Stiletto
- 1978TV Party
- 1978The ForeignerAmos Nitrate
- 1976The Blank GenerationDirector
- 1976Unmade BedsDirector
- 1975Night LunchDirector
- 1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheSelf
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