Amos Poe

Director

Born: January 1, 1949
Died: December 25, 2025 (age 76)
From: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

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.

Filmography (25)

Adios (2025)
Director
HoLEY (2024)
The Priest
A Bit of Time with Amos Poe (2021)
Self
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery (2013)
Self
Hunter (2013)
Felix
A Walk in the Park (2012)
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Blank City (2011)
Self
La commedia di Amos Poe (2010)
Director
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
Self
Empire II (2007)
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TV Party (2005)
Self
Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle (2003)
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Downtown '81 (2001)
Conversationalist at Mudd Club
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
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Dead Weekend (1995)
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Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole (1992)
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Alphabet City (1984)
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Smithereens (1982)
Hustler in Bar
Cinématon XVII
Cinématon XVII (1982)
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Subway Riders (1981)
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Stiletto (1981)
The Foreigner (1978)
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The Blank Generation (1976)
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Unmade Beds (1976)
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Night Lunch (1975)
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