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Timothy Quay

Timothy Quay

Directing·1947·49 films

Timothy Quay was born in 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA, as the identical twin of Stephen Quay. He studied at the Philadelphia College of Art and later at the Royal College of Art in London, where he began working with his brother in experimental animation. Timothy has directed and co-directed numerous 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 distinguished by surreal, detailed atmospheres, frozen worlds, and objects full of

As Director

Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles (1986)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984)
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005)
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet (1988)
The Comb
The Comb (1991)
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? (1992)
In Absentia
In Absentia (2000)
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom (1985)
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1988)
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis (1993)
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia (1979)
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods (1993)
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You (1993)
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher (1991)
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (2025)
Maska
Maska (2010)
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection (2003)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (2011)
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. (2013)
Tales of the Brothers Quay
Tales of the Brothers Quay (1987)
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door (2001)
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved (2007)
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children (2003)
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland (2007)
The Summit
The Summit (1995)
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (1981)
The Sandman
The Sandman (2000)
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode (1981)
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons (2010)
Rain Dance
Rain Dance (1988)
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse (2001)
The Doll's Breath
The Doll's Breath (2019)
Ex Voto
Ex Voto (1989)
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 (2000)
VadeMecum
VadeMecum (2021)
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 (2004)
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers (2007)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film (1984)
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem (2021)
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers (2022)
Kinoteka Ident
Kinoteka Ident (2009)

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