Amos Poe
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1949
Birthplace
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Died
December 25, 2025 (aged 76)
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.
Best known work
The Guitar
2008
Smithereens
1982
Rocket Gibraltar
1988
Alphabet City
1984
Downtown '81
2001
Blank City
2011
Dead Weekend
1995
Hunter
2013
The Blank Generation
1976
The Foreigner
1978Filmography
2025
AdiosDirector
2024
HoLEYas The Priest
2021
A Bit of Time with Amos Poeas Self
2013
2013
Hunteras Felix
2012
A Walk in the ParkDirector, Writer
2011
Blank Cityas Self
2010
La commedia di Amos PoeDirector
2009
2008
The GuitarAuthor, Screenplay, Producer
2007
Empire IIDirector, Producer
2005
TV Partyas Self
2003
2001
Downtown '81as Conversationalist at Mudd Club
1998
Frogs for SnakesDirector, Screenplay
1995
Dead WeekendDirector
1993
Joey BreakerProducer
1992
Triple Bogey on a Par Five HoleWriter, Director, Producer
1988
Rocket GibraltarWriter
1984
Alphabet CityDirector, Writer
1982
Smithereensas Hustler in Bar
1982
Cinématon XVIIas N°163
1981
Subway Ridersas Writer Ant, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
1981
1978