Amos Poe
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1949
From
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Died
Dec 25, 2025
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
Filmography — Acting
6.4
1982
Smithereens
Hustler in Bar
8.0
2013
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Self
7.1
2011
Blank City
Self
4.1
2013
Hunter
Felix
6.7
2001
Downtown '81
Conversationalist at Mudd Club
6.5
1981
Subway Riders
Writer Ant
10.0
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
Self
7.0
2005
TV Party
Self
2025
Adios
5.6
1978
The Foreigner
Amos Nitrate
1982
Cinématon XVII
N°163
1981
Stiletto
2024
HoLEY
The Priest
2021
A Bit of Time with Amos Poe
Self
Filmography — Crew
The Guitar
Screenplay
Night Lunch
Director
Dead Weekend
Director
Joey Breaker
Producer
Rocket Gibraltar
Writer
Alphabet City
Director
Frogs for Snakes
Director
Triple Bogey On A Par Five Hole
Writer
The Blank Generation
Director
Subway Riders
Director
Adios
Director
La commedia di Amos Poe
Director
The Foreigner
Writer
Unmade Beds
Director
Just an American Boy: A Film About Steve Earle
Director
Empire II
Director
A Walk in the Park
Director