Directing
Amos Poe
Born 1949-01-01
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Department: Directing
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
Prominent works featuring Amos Poe
TV
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
TMDB3.0
Movie
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The Guitar
2008
TMDB2.8
Movie
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Smithereens
1982
TMDB3.2
Movie
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Alphabet City
1984
TMDB2.4
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Rocket Gibraltar
1988
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Movie
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Downtown '81
2001
TMDB3.4
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Dead Weekend
1995
TMDB1.5
Movie
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Blank City
2011
TMDB3.5
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Hunter
2013
TMDB2.1
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TV Party
1978
TMDB3.5
Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (53 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Adios | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
| Adios | Director | Movie | 2025 |
 | HoLEY | The Priest | Movie | 2024 |
 | A Bit of Time with Amos Poe | Self | Movie | 2021 |
| Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery | Self | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Hunter | Felix | Movie | 2013 |
 | A Walk in the Park | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| A Walk in the Park | Writer | Movie | 2012 |
 | Blank City | Self | Movie | 2011 |
 | La commedia di Amos Poe | Director | Movie | 2010 |
| No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York | Self | Movie | 2009 | |
 | The Guitar | Author | Movie | 2008 |
| The Guitar | Screenplay | Movie | 2008 |
| The Guitar | Producer | Movie | 2008 |
 | Empire II | Director | Movie | 2007 |
| Empire II | Producer | Movie | 2007 |
 | TV Party | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle | Director | Movie | 2003 |
 | Downtown '81 | Conversationalist at Mudd Club | Movie | 2001 |
 | Frogs for Snakes | Director | Movie | 1998 |
| Frogs for Snakes | Screenplay | Movie | 1998 |
 | Dead Weekend | Director | Movie | 1995 |
 | Joey Breaker | Producer | Movie | 1993 |
 | Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Writer | Movie | 1992 |
| Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Director | Movie | 1992 |
| Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole | Producer | Movie | 1992 |
 | Rocket Gibraltar | Writer | Movie | 1988 |
 | Alphabet City | Director | Movie | 1984 |
| Alphabet City | Writer | Movie | 1984 |
 | Smithereens | Hustler in Bar | Movie | 1982 |
| Cinématon XVII | N°163 | Movie | 1982 | |
 | Subway Riders | Writer Ant | Movie | 1981 |
| Subway Riders | Director | Movie | 1981 |
| Subway Riders | Writer | Movie | 1981 |
| Subway Riders | Producer | Movie | 1981 |
| Subway Riders | Editor | Movie | 1981 |
 | Stiletto | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1981 |
 | TV Party | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1978 |
| TV Party | Director | TV Series | 1978 |
 | The Foreigner | Amos Nitrate | Movie | 1978 |
| The Foreigner | Writer | Movie | 1978 |
| The Foreigner | Director | Movie | 1978 |
| The Foreigner | Producer | Movie | 1978 |
| The Foreigner | Editor | Movie | 1978 |
 | The Blank Generation | Director | Movie | 1976 |
| The Blank Generation | Editor | Movie | 1976 |
| The Blank Generation | Producer | Movie | 1976 |
 | Unmade Beds | Director | Movie | 1976 |
| Unmade Beds | Writer | Movie | 1976 |
| Unmade Beds | Editor | Movie | 1976 |
| Unmade Beds | Producer | Movie | 1976 |
 | Night Lunch | Director | Movie | 1975 |
 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | TV Series | 1975 |