Amos Poe
January 1, 1949 · 77 years old
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
4 titles
The Guitar
The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
Smithereens
A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
Rocket Gibraltar
An old patriarch unites all members of his family for his birthday, but the group of people are full of personal and social problems.
Blank City
During the punk rock stage in the late '70s, downtown New York experienced a wave of "Do it yourself" independent filmmaking.