Kurt Voss (director)

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Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner or Kurt Voss (born September 15, 1963 in Panorama City , Los Angeles , California ) is an American film director , screenwriter and musician .

Life

Kurt Voss attended UCLA Film School before he began writing screenplays and working as a film director. His first project was Border Radio in 1987 , where he wrote the script and directed with Allison Anders . The production cost was around US $ 50,000 and the LA Times described it as "one of the best films of all time about the world of rock music" .

In 1990 Voss directed the film Horseplayer , which he had also co-written. Horseplayer premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received the Best Actor Award at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy. The Boston Globe named it "one of the best independent films of the year" , while the LA Times called it a "deadpan psychological thriller" when it opened in theaters .

Voss is also active as a musician, so he is one of the founding members of the punk band The Hindi Guns . He was married to the British actress Samantha Davis , with whom he has a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

script
  • 1991: Delusion
  • 1992: Street Children (Where the Day Takes You)
  • 1994: Dangerous Touch - Deadly contact (Dangerous Touch) (as a producer)
  • 2001: Things Behind the Sun
  • 2002: In the Echo
Written and directed by
  • 1987: Border Radio
  • 1990: Horseplayer
  • 1990: Genuine Risk
  • 1996: Bad Guys (Baja)
  • 1997: The Man Who Died Twice (Amnesia)
  • 1997: Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
  • 1997: Playground of the Murderers (Below Utopia)
  • 1998: Bitter Vengeance (The Pass)
  • 1999: Shot Down (The Heist)
  • 1999: Sugar Town
  • 2001: Down and Out with the Dolls
  • 2006: Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and the Gun Club (also as producer)
  • 2012: Strutter (also as producer)

Discography

  • 2004: The Hindi Guns - Hindi Guns
  • 2004: The Hindi Guns - Patriot Act EP
  • 2005: Bad Reputation (soundtrack to the film)
  • 2007: The Hindi Guns - Crowley
  • 2009: The Hindi Guns - Rarities
  • 2009: Hindi Guns - Do Or Die

Awards (selection)

Independent Spirit Awards
  • 1989 : Nomination for Best Debut Film for Border Radio

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report of September 2, 1988 on latimes.com, accessed September 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Biography on filmbug.com, accessed September 21, 2012.
  3. ^ Report of October 25, 1991 on latimes.com, accessed September 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ Sammi Davis' biography on filmreference.com, accessed September 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ Info on imdb.com, accessed on September 21, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Voss, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wössner, Kurt Christopher Peter (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, screenwriter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Panorama City , Los Angeles , California , USA