Kurt began writing and directing movies immediately upon graduating from UCLA Film School. The first, "Border Radio" he co-wrote and directed with schoolmate Allison Anders. Made for a mere $50,000, the theatrical release received such accolades as "One of the best movies ever made about the world of rock music" (LA Times). Voss next directed "Horseplayer" from a script he co-authored. "Horseplayer" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and garnered the Best Actor Award at the Taormina Festival. The Boston Globe called it "One of the best independents this year". Voss next wrote and directed the comedy/drama "Genuine Risk", a theatrical release starring Peter Berg and Terrence Stamp, and shortly thereafter teamed with director Carl Colpaert to write "Delusion" which the Daily News found "Striking, and refreshingly feminist." Next, Voss teamed with director Marc Rocco to script "Where the Day Takes You" a New Line Pictures release starring Will Smith, Dermot Mulroney and Christian Slater. After writing the HBO-premiered "Dangerous Touch" for actor-director Lou Diamond Phillips, Voss directed his own script for the romantic actioner "Baja", which starred Molly Ringwald and Lance Henriksen. Then, in quick succession, he directed the films "Amnesia", a black comedy with Ally Sheedy and John Savage ("Smart and funny,"-TV Guide); "Poison Ivy: The New Education", the third installment in New Line's franchise and the best selling straight-to-video title of the year; and the HBO-debuted "Below Utopia", a thriller featuring Alyssa Milano and Ice T.
Voss completed this cycle of intense productivity with "The Pass", which he directed from his own script and which starred William Forsythe and Elizabeth Pena. 1999 proved a year of "back to basics" for Voss, as he reunited with Allison Anders to co-write and co-direct "Sugar Town," a quirky comedy about the Los Angeles music business starring Rosanna Arquette, Ally Sheedy and Beverly D'Angelo. "Sugar Town," which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival as the "Centerpiece Premiere," was released theatrically by USA Films and garnered two IFP Spirit Award nominations, including one for best film. 1999 also found Voss directing "The Heist," an actioner starring Richmond Arquette, Luke Perry and Ice T. Kurt Voss co-authored the screenplay for "Things Behind the Sun," which Allison Anders directed in Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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