{"id":2213617,"date":"2025-12-27T08:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2213617"},"modified":"2025-12-27T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:21:44","slug":"amos-poe-no-wave-director-behind-the-blank-generation-and-the-foreigner-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/amos-poe-no-wave-director-behind-the-blank-generation-and-the-foreigner-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Amos Poe, \u201cNo Wave\u201d Director Behind \u2018The Blank Generation\u2019 and \u2018The Foreigner\u2019 Dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0688096\/\">Amos Poe<\/a>, the director, screenwriter and pioneer of the \u201cNo Wave\u201d movement of experimental, do-it-yourself filmmaking in New York City in the late 1970s and early \u201980s, has died. He was 76.<\/p>\n<p>Poe was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2022 and died Thursday on Christmas Day, his wife, Claudia Summers, wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Poe helped document the punk explosion in downtown Manhattan with his most notable work, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0074216\/\">The Blank Generation<\/a> (1976), made in collaboration with frequent collaborator <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0469380\/\">Ivan Kr\u00e1l<\/a>. With footage shot in clubs including CBGB and Max\u2019s Kansas City, the raw film captured the likes of such rising stars as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005446\/\">Patti Smith<\/a>, Blondie, The Ramones, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0375176\/\">Richard Hell<\/a>\u2019s Television, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0045563\/\">Talking Heads<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0423774\/\">David Johansen<\/a>\u2019s New York Dolls and The Shirts.<\/p>\n<p>Influenced by the French New Wave, the Israel native also wrote and directed Unmade Beds (1976) and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1615160\/\">The Foreigner<\/a> (1978), both featuring <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062547\/\">Blondie<\/a>\u2019s Debbie Harry; Subway Riders (1981); <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086877\/\">Alphabet City<\/a> (1984); Triple Bogey&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amos Poe, the director, screenwriter and pioneer of the \u201cNo Wave\u201d movement of experimental, do-it-yourself filmmaking in New York City in the late 1970s and early \u201980s, has died. He was 76. Poe was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2022 and died Thursday on Christmas Day, his wife, Claudia Summers, wrote on Instagram. 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