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Amos Poe

Directing Born Jan 1, 1949 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel 16 credits

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.

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Known for

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
Film

Subway Riders

as Writer Ant

Full filmography

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
  • TV Party (2005) as Self
  • Subway Riders (1981) as Writer Ant
  • TV Party (1978)
  • Adios (2025)
  • HoLEY (2024) as The Priest
  • Hunter (2013) as Felix
  • Downtown '81 (2001) as Conversationalist at Mudd Club
  • Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery (2013) as Self
  • The Foreigner (1978) as Amos Nitrate
  • Smithereens (1982) as Hustler in Bar
  • A Bit of Time with Amos Poe (2021) as Self
  • Stiletto (1981)
  • Blank City (2011) as Self
  • No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009) as Self
  • Cinématon XVII (1982) as N°163