Stephen Quay
Directing
Born 1947-06-17 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen Quay was born in 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. He studied illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art and later continued his education at the Royal College of Art in London, where he met his twin brother Timothy and began collaborating in animation. Together, they founded Atelier Koninck and produced their first experimental short films in the late 1970s. Throughout his career, Stephen has directed and co-directed short films, feature films, and stop-motion projects, including Nocturna Artificialia (1979), Street of Crocodiles (1986), Institute Benjamenta (1995), and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005). His work is characterized by dreamlike, detailed, and symbolic worlds, often using dolls and carefully crafted objects to create surreal and unsettling atmospheres.
Acting
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
Self
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
Quay
Self
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
Self
Inside The Institute
The Art of Time
The Bug Trainer
Self - stop-motion animator
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
Librarian
The Falls
Ipson Fallari
Crew
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Animation
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Screenplay
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Director
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sound
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Editor
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
Director
Ghosts and Whispers
Animation
Ghosts and Whispers
Director
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
Director
VadeMecum
Director
The Doll's Breath
Director
Quay
Thanks
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Writer
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Animation
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Director
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Director
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Sound
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Animation
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Editor
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Director