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Kurt Voss is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor American born on 15 september 1963 at Los Angeles (USA)
Kurt Voss (born Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner; September 15, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician/songwriter. Voss has written and directed a dozen feature films, including Will Smith's debut "Where The Day Takes You", the Sundance sleeper "Horseplayer", actress Jaime Pressly's debut feature "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction" and numerous rock and roll related films including "Down and Out with the Dolls" and "Ghost on The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club."
Voss has frequently collaborated with fellow UCLA alumnus Allison Anders. Working together over twenty-five years, the duo created an acclaimed trilogy of rock films: Border Radio (1987), a portrait of the L.A. punk scene featuring such stalwarts as John Doe ("X") and Dave Alvin ("The Blasters") and published by the prestigious Criterion Collection; the Sundance-premiered "Sugar Town" (1999), featuring John Taylor ("Duran Duran") and Rosanna Arquette; and "Strutter" (2012), a Kickstarter-financed indie featuring fresh faces, with luminous black and white cinematography by Voss himself.
Anders and Voss also co-wrote "Things Behind The Sun" (2001), which was awarded a Peabody Award in 2002.
In addition to his film work, Voss is a founding member of the West Coast punk band The Hindi Guns, an outfit which produced three highly regarded albums.
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Kurt Voss
Birth name Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1963 (60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 15 september 1963 (60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Kurt Voss (born Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner; September 15, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician/songwriter. Voss has written and directed a dozen feature films, including Will Smith's debut "Where The Day Takes You", the Sundance sleeper "Horseplayer", actress Jaime Pressly's debut feature "Poison Ivy: The New Seduction" and numerous rock and roll related films including "Down and Out with the Dolls" and "Ghost on The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club."
Voss has frequently collaborated with fellow UCLA alumnus Allison Anders. Working together over twenty-five years, the duo created an acclaimed trilogy of rock films: Border Radio (1987), a portrait of the L.A. punk scene featuring such stalwarts as John Doe ("X") and Dave Alvin ("The Blasters") and published by the prestigious Criterion Collection; the Sundance-premiered "Sugar Town" (1999), featuring John Taylor ("Duran Duran") and Rosanna Arquette; and "Strutter" (2012), a Kickstarter-financed indie featuring fresh faces, with luminous black and white cinematography by Voss himself.
Anders and Voss also co-wrote "Things Behind The Sun" (2001), which was awarded a Peabody Award in 2002.
In addition to his film work, Voss is a founding member of the West Coast punk band The Hindi Guns, an outfit which produced three highly regarded albums.
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The Heist (2000)
, 1h23Directed by Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Heist films
Actors Ice-T, Luke Perry, Richmond Arquette, David Faustino, Amy Locane, Robert Wisdom
Rating46%
After three thieves steal an armored truck and kidnap a witness, the abandoned building they use to transfer the cash to another vehicle happens to be the home of Moe, a penniless saxophone player, who is being visited by his small-time criminal brother Jack. While good-natured Moe only wants to save the hostage, Jack wants to steal some of the money in the truck for himself. Meanwhile, two of the thieves plan to betray the third, not knowing that he too has a plan of his own.
Sugar Town (1999)
, 1h32Directed by Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Lucinda Jenney, John Taylor, John Doe, Martin Kemp
Rating59%
Real rock stars play the roles of Clive (Duran Duran bassist John Taylor), Jonesey (former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp), and Nick (singer/actor Michael Des Barres), who form an aging supergroup built of refugees from other bands. They and their producer Burt seek backing from Jane (Beverly D'Angelo), a rich investor who will only help if the singer will sleep with her.
Below Utopia (1997)
, 1h28Directed by Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Alyssa Milano, Justin Theroux, Ice-T, Tom Lister, Jr., Robert Pine, Marta Kristen
Rating49%
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live up to his brother's potential. However, this quickly becomes inconsequential, as blood-thirsty killers soon show up to steal the artwork, and whatever else they can find in the house. As the family members are killed, Daniel flees with Susanne in the basement, hoping for survival. The plot twist is that Daniel not only knows the blood-thirsty killers and is in on the whole thing, but was also responsible for the death of his brother. Daniel kills all the "art thieves" and starts to stage the scene when one of his siblings "rises from the dead" to foil his plan. He is caught in the act of trying to strangle him by Susanne and what ensues is a battle not only for her life, but the life of his last-surviving family member.
, 1h35Directed by Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jaime Pressly, Michael Des Barres, Greg Vaughan, Susan Tyrrell, Athena Massey, Susan Ward
Rating48%
In 1987 Ivan and Catherine Greer live with their 9-year-old daughter, Joy, their housekeeper, Rebecca, and her two daughters, Ivy, 9, and Violet, 8. The three young girls live as sisters, but the more rambunctious Ivy is bored by their childish games of tea and rejoices at Ivan's unexpected early day return from the office, saying, "There's going to be fireworks."
Border Radio (1987)
, 1h27Directed by Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors John Doe, Luana Anders, Devon Anderson
Rating53%
Scriptwriter
Things Behind the Sun (2001)
, 2hDirected by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Rosanna Arquette, J Mascis, Don Cheadle, Brittany Finamore
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Owen, a young reporter for a Los Angeles-based music magazine, goes back to his Florida hometown to interview Sherry, a local rock singer. Sherry and her band are becoming increasingly popular, largely because of a song she wrote about being sexually assaulted as a girl; this song has become a hit on college radio. Owen's reasons for returning to his hometown are more than professional, however: he and Sherry were close friends in childhood. Through flashbacks, the movie recalls Owen's memory of a critical moment in that past.
The Heist (2000)
, 1h23Directed by Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Heist films
Actors Ice-T, Luke Perry, Richmond Arquette, David Faustino, Amy Locane, Robert Wisdom
Rating46%
After three thieves steal an armored truck and kidnap a witness, the abandoned building they use to transfer the cash to another vehicle happens to be the home of Moe, a penniless saxophone player, who is being visited by his small-time criminal brother Jack. While good-natured Moe only wants to save the hostage, Jack wants to steal some of the money in the truck for himself. Meanwhile, two of the thieves plan to betray the third, not knowing that he too has a plan of his own.
Sugar Town (1999)
, 1h32Directed by Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Lucinda Jenney, John Taylor, John Doe, Martin Kemp
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Real rock stars play the roles of Clive (Duran Duran bassist John Taylor), Jonesey (former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp), and Nick (singer/actor Michael Des Barres), who form an aging supergroup built of refugees from other bands. They and their producer Burt seek backing from Jane (Beverly D'Angelo), a rich investor who will only help if the singer will sleep with her.
Where the Day Takes You (1992)
, 1h45Directed by Marc Rocco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James LeGros
Rating64%
Fleeing abusive families, a group of teenage runaways form a protective family on their own, with King as their leader. King is a man in his early twenties who has been living on the street for over six years. In and out of jail, he spends most of his nights with Little J and Greg. Having spent two months in jail for being falsely accused of murder, he feels that the group fell apart in his absence. His friend Brenda, a lot of the time bullied by Little J because of her weight, introduces him to Heather, a 17-year-old girl from Chicago. He soon takes her under his protection and includes her in his revenge on Tommy, the man responsible for the death of his former girlfriend Devon.
Delusion (1991)
Directed by Carl Colpaert
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Jennifer Rubin, Jim Metzler, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach, Richard Jordan, Robert Costanzo
Roles Writer
Rating59%
An embezzler driving through the Nevada desert picks up a Las Vegas showgirl and her psychotic boyfriend, who has no intention of letting him get away with the stolen cash.
Border Radio (1987)
, 1h27Directed by Allison Anders, Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors John Doe, Luana Anders, Devon Anderson
Roles Writer
Rating53%
Editor
The Heist (2000)
, 1h23Directed by Kurt Voss
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Heist films
Actors Ice-T, Luke Perry, Richmond Arquette, David Faustino, Amy Locane, Robert Wisdom
Roles Editor
Rating46%
After three thieves steal an armored truck and kidnap a witness, the abandoned building they use to transfer the cash to another vehicle happens to be the home of Moe, a penniless saxophone player, who is being visited by his small-time criminal brother Jack. While good-natured Moe only wants to save the hostage, Jack wants to steal some of the money in the truck for himself. Meanwhile, two of the thieves plan to betray the third, not knowing that he too has a plan of his own.