Amos Poe

Amos Poe

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
January 1, 1949

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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Representative Works

Alphabet City
Alphabet City
4.7
/ English
TV Party
TV Party
8.0
/ English
Subway Riders
Subway Riders
7.2
/ English
Adios
Adios
No Rating Yet
/ English
HoLEY
HoLEY
No Rating Yet
/ Arabic
Dead Weekend
Dead Weekend
3.0
/ English
Smithereens
Smithereens
6.4
/ English
Rocket Gibraltar
Rocket Gibraltar
6.0
/ English
The Guitar
The Guitar
5.6
/ English
Joey Breaker
Joey Breaker
4.5
/ English
Downtown '81
Downtown '81
6.7
/ English
Hunter
Hunter
4.3
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Alphabet City
1984Nominee

Best Director

Alphabet City

TV Party
2005Winner

Best Performance

TV Party

Subway Riders
1981Nominee

Best Writing

Subway Riders

Career Highlights

Adios
2025Highlight

Best Performance

Adios

HoLEY
2024Highlight

Best Performance

HoLEY

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