An underground filmmaker adept at low budget experimentation, Amos Poe is best known for the music documentary "The Blank Generation" (1975) and for such features as "Subway Riders" (1981) and "Alphabet City" (1984).The Israeli-born director's father was killed during the 1956 Sinai War when Poe was six. After his mother remarried, the family moved to the USA, but friction at home caused Poe to move to Vermont to live with his grandmother. He attended Ohio University, where he became involved in anti-war protests. Attending for about a year, Poe was expelled for participating in burning down
