Kurt Voss Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter

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Ghost on the Highway

Crew: Director

2006
Down & Out With The Dolls

Crew: Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Zoë Poledouris, Kinnie Starr, Melody Moore, Nicole Barrett, Coyote Shivers, Sierra Feldner-Shaw

Synopsis: Four young women are on the verge of becoming the new darlings of indie rock, if they don't kill each other first, in this independent comedy drama. Fauna (Zoe Poledouris) has been a minor fixture on the Portland, OR, indie rock scene for a while as lead singer with neo-goth rockers the Snogs, but Read More

3/21/03
Things Behind the Sun

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Don Cheadle, Eric Stoltz, Elizabeth Peña

Synopsis: Writer and director Allison Anders, who used the world of rock & roll as the backdrop for her films Border Radio, Grace of My Heart, and Sugar Mountain, returns to the music scene for this tale of a woman struggling to come to terms with an emotionally devastating past. Sherry McGrale (Kim Read More

10/12/01
Sugar Town

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jade Gordon, Michael Des Barres, John Taylor, Martin Kemp, Larry Klein

Synopsis: Ten years after Allison Anders and Kurt Voss collaborated on Border Radio, a gritty and evocative look at life along the margins of the L.A. punk rock scene, the two have reunited for another look at the California music biz, this time aiming their sights considerably higher up the ladder. Sugar Read More

9/17/99
The Heist

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: David Faustino, Ice-T, Amy Locane, Luke Perry

Synopsis: After a group of thugs rob a delivery truck, the stolen goods move from one person to the next, with each person who took part in the original heist being marked for death. This thriller features Ice-T, Amy Locane, Luke Perry, and David Faustino in its eclectic cast. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Read More

1999
Highway Hitcher

Crew: Director

Actors: William Forsythe, James LeGros, Elizabeth Peña

Synopsis: William Forsythe, James LeGros and Elizabeth Pena star in this modern noir-style thriller. A guy whose luck has not been good lately picks up a hitch-hiker one night. This seemingly innocent act draws him into a dark world of corrupt police officers and strange behavior; it also brings him into Read More

1998
Body Count

Crew: Director

Actors: Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano, Ice-T, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: Daniel Simpson (Justin Theroux) is headed to the home of his wealthy family to celebrate Thanksgiving, with his girlfriend Suzanne (Alyssa Milano) at his side, but Daniel is not looking forward to the holiday. He's long felt like an outcast in his family, and his staunchly conservative parents Read More

1997
Amnesia

Crew: Director

Actors: Nicholas Walker, Ally Sheedy, Sally Kirkland, John Savage

Synopsis: Ally Sheedy, John Savage and Nicholas Walker co-headline this barely released indie feature from 1996, which arrived just prior to Sheedy's shattering onscreen rebound in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art. Walker stars as Paul, a sleazy, philandering pastor in an American small town, married to the Read More

1996
Baja

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Molly Ringwald, Lance Henriksen, Corbin Bernsen, Donal Logue, Chris Shearer

Synopsis: After a drug deal goes horribly awry, Bebe and Alex (Molly Ringwald and Donal Logue) flee to Baja where they wait for money and passports to arrive. Bebe's father (Corbin Bernsen) sends Bebe's not-yet-divorced ex-husband Michael (Michael Nickles) after her, hoping he can talk some sense into Bebe. Read More

1995
My Crazy Life

Actors: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas

Synopsis: Neighborhood pride runs deep in Echo Park, so when two lifelong friends join the local gang as a matter of course, they're handed down gang names from the previous generation of homegirls. Unfortunately, Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) and Mousie (Seidy Lopez) don't remain friends for long. When Mousie Read More

1993
Dangerous Touch

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Kate Vernon, Lou Diamond Phillips

Synopsis: Radio sex therapist Kate Vernon could use a slice of her own advice in the R-rated Dangerous Touch. Against her better judgement, she falls hard for charismatic Lou Diamond Phillips. As the relationship intensifies (and we see plenty of that intensification), Phillips inveigles Vernon in a hellish Read More

1993
Where the Day Takes You

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James LeGros, Dermot Mulroney

Synopsis: Marc Rocco's gritty drama Where the Day Takes You stars Dermot Mulroney as King, a street-smart hustler who acts as a father figure to a motley collection of young runaways. Among the people in his sphere are the young self-destructive drug addict Greg (Sean Astin), self-hating gay prostitute Read More

9/11/92
Delusion

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jim Metzler, Jennifer Rubin, Kyle Secor, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. Read More

6/7/91
The Horseplayer

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Brad Dourif, Sammi Davis, M.K. Harris, Vic Tayback, Max Perlich

Synopsis: Kurt Voss' neo-noir stars Brad Dourif as ex-con Bud Cowan, who falls prey to the schemes of an artist (M.K. Harris) and his twisted sister (Sammi Davis). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

1991
Genuine Risk

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Terence Stamp, Peter Berg, Michelle Johnson, M.K. Harris, Max Perlich

Synopsis: Peter Berg stars as Henry, a chronic gambler forever in trouble with the mob and the law. Through the auspices of his old friend Cowboy Jack (M.K. Harris), Henry is hired as an all-around flunkey by gang boss Paul Hellwart (Terence Stamp). But there's a problem: Henry is currently sexually Read More

11/23/90
Border Radio

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Chris D, John Doe, Luana Anders, Chris Shearer, Dave Alvin

Synopsis: In this semi-improvised look at life along the edges of L.A.'s rock scene, Chris D. (real name Chris Desjardins, leader of the L.A. punk band The Flesh Eaters) plays Jeff, a singer/songwriter who has suddenly gone missing. Two of his friends, bandmate Dean (John Doe, from the group X) and faithful Read More

1987