
Amos Poe
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1949
Died: December 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

Blank City
2011

Stiletto
1981

A Bit of Time with Amos Poe
2021

Adios
2025

HoLEY
2024

Hunter
2013
Cinématon XVII
1982

Subway Riders
1981

The Foreigner
1978
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009

TV Party
2005

Smithereens
1982

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

TV Party
1978

Downtown '81
2001
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
2013