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Kurt Voss

Kurt Voss

Writer, director and producer, also cinematographer · Panorama City, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kurt Voss (born 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter and musician/songwriter. He often works with fellow UCLA alumnus Allison Anders. Voss's credits include: Border Radio, Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, Where The Day Takes You, and Sugar Town. Born as Kurt Christopher Peter Wössner, Voss is a founding member of the West Coast punk band The Hindi Guns Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Voss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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From
Panorama City, California, USA
Works as
Writer, director and producer, also cinematographer
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 19 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 23% in 30 days

What are Kurt Voss' films like?

Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Self.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 10th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
32%
Self
24%
Bonds
21%
Society
10%
Morality
10%
Power
2%
Survival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Dread
4
Melancholic
3
Warm
2
Absurd
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Unsettling5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kurt Voss' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kurt Voss' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

19 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Strutter(2012)

    Director · Cinematographer · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Director · Producer · Writer

  • Down & Out With The Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Director · Writer

  • Things Behind the Sun(2001)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Heist(2000)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Sugar Town(1999)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Pass(1998)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Below Utopia(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Poison Ivy: The New Seduction(1997)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Amnesia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Baja (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Writer

  • Dangerous Touch(1994)

    Co-Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • My Crazy Life(1993)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Where the Day Takes You(1992)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Delusion(1991)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Genuine Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer

  • Horseplayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer

  • Border Radio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director · Writer

  • In the Echo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Writer

Career shape

A full career of 19 titles, 18 of them dated from 1987 to 2013.

Biggest box office

Where the Day Takes You (1992)

$390K worldwide

Highest rated

Things Behind the Sun (2001)

Midcredits 76th

Most popular right now

Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 19: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting13 of 19: 2 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score16thWriting16 of 19: 4 only writing, 12 with another role · typical Midcredits score42ndProducing3 of 19: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleCinematography1 of 19: 0 only cinematography, 1 with another roleEditing1 of 19: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

19 titles, 12 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s12 · 1 acting · 11 crew2000s4 · crew2010s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kurt Voss' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 11; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 11 titles are Mixed.

  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · writer, producer

Dangerous Touch (1994)

74th percentile spread · 62% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Things Behind the Sun (2001)

Midcredits 76th · 72% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 39/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kurt Voss work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kurt Voss' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Allison Anders shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers