Amos Poe

Personal Info

Birthday

January 1, 1949

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Also Known As

Амос По

Amos Poe

Biography

Amos Poe, born Amos Jay Porges, is a quintessential New York independent filmmaker. He was 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

Smithereens

Downtown '81

The Foreigner

Subway Riders

HoLEY

Hunter

Cinématon XVII

Filmography

2024
HoLEY
as The Priest
2013
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
as Self
Hunter
as Felix
2011
Blank City
as Self
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2005
TV Party
as Self
2001
Downtown '81
as Conversationalist at Mudd Club
1982
Smithereens
as Hustler in Bar
Cinématon XVII
as N°163
1981
Subway Riders
as Writer Ant
1978
The Foreigner
as Amos Nitrate