Amos Poe

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.

Directed

1. Alphabet City (1984) — Director
2. Dead Weekend (1995) — Director
3. The Blank Generation (1976) — Director
4. The Foreigner (1978) — Director
5. Frogs for Snakes (1998) — Director
6. Unmade Beds (1976) — Director
7. Subway Riders (1981) — Director
8. Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole (1992) — Director
9. Night Lunch (1975) — Director
10. Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle (2003) — Director
11. A Walk in the Park (2012) — Director
12. Empire II (2007) — Director
13. La commedia di Amos Poe (2010) — Director
14. Adios (2025) — Director
15. TV Party (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Smithereens (1982) — Hustler in Bar
2. Downtown '81 (2001) — Conversationalist at Mudd Club
3. Blank City (2011) — Self
4. Hunter (2013) — Felix
5. The Foreigner (1978) — Amos Nitrate
6. Subway Riders (1981) — Writer Ant
7. TV Party (2005) — Self
8. Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery (2013) — Self
9. No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009) — Self
10. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
11. HoLEY (2024) — The Priest
12. Stiletto (1981)
13. Cinématon XVII (1982) — N°163
14. A Bit of Time with Amos Poe (2021) — Self
15. Adios (2025)
16. TV Party (1978)