Amos Poe

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Amos Poe is a New York City filmmaker.

He has been considered one of the first punk filmmakers and his film Blank Generation (1976) co-directed with Ivan Kral, one of the earliest punk films.The film featured performances by Richard Hell, Talking Heads, Television, Patti Smith and Wayne County. He is also associated with the birth of No Wave Cinema due to films such as [[The Foreigner (1978)]], featuring Debbie Harry and Anya Philips, and Subway Riders (1981), starring Lydia Lunch. During this time he was also the director of the cable access show TV Party hosted by Glenn O'Brien and Chris Stein. Most recently he has been affiliated with the new movement of Remodernist Film.