Stephen Quay

male

Born on June 17, 1947 (78 years old)

From Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Known for Directing

Biography

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.

Cast Credits

2017
- no image
  The Music of Zdeněk Liška
  as
  Self
  2017
2015
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
  2015
- Quay
  as
  Self
  2015
2011
- Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
  as
  Self
  2011
2010
- Inside The Institute
  2010
2009
- The Bug Trainer
  as
  Self - stop-motion animator
  2009
- The Art of Time
  2009
2006
- The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
  2006
2003
- The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  as
  Librarian
  2003
1982
- The Falls
  as
  Ipson Fallari
  1982

Crew Credits

2025
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  as
  Director
  2025
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  as
  Screenplay
  2025
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  as
  Animation
  2025
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  as
  Editor
  2025
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  as
  Sound
  2025
2022
- Ghosts and Whispers
  as
  Director
  2022
- Ghosts and Whispers
  as
  Animation
  2022
- no image
  The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
  as
  Director
  2022
2021
- VadeMecum
  as
  Director
  2021
- 11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
  as
  Director
  2021
2019
- The Doll's Breath
  as
  Director
  2019
2015
- Quay
  as
  Thanks
  2015
2013
- Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
  as
  Animation
  2013
- Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
  as
  Writer
  2013
- Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
  as
  Director
  2013
2011
- Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  as
  Director
  2011
- Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  as
  Sound
  2011
- Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  as
  Editor
  2011
- Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  as
  Animation
  2011
2010
- Maska
  as
  Director
  2010
- Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
  as
  Director
  2010
- Maska
  as
  Writer
  2010
2009
- no image
  Inventorium of Traces
  as
  Director
  2009
- no image
  Inventorium of Traces
  as
  Director of Photography
  2009
- no image
  Inventorium of Traces
  as
  Editor
  2009
- no image
  Inventorium of Traces
  as
  Sound Designer
  2009
- Kinoteka Ident
  as
  Director
  2009
2007
- Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
  as
  Director
  2007
- Eurydice: She, So Beloved
  as
  Editor
  2007
- Eurydice: She, So Beloved
  as
  Director
  2007
- Eurydice: She, So Beloved
  as
  Set Designer
  2007
- Alice in Not So Wonderland
  as
  Director
  2007
- Alice in Not So Wonderland
  as
  Writer
  2007
- Alice in Not So Wonderland
  as
  Cinematography
  2007
2005
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
  as
  Director
  2005
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
  as
  Writer
  2005
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
  as
  Production Design
  2005
2004
- Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
  as
  Director
  2004
2003
- Songs for Dead Children
  as
  Director
  2003
- The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  as
  Director
  2003
2001
- Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
  as
  Director
  2001
- Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
  as
  Writer
  2001
- Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
  as
  Director
  2001
2000
- In Absentia
  as
  Director
  2000
- The Sandman
  as
  Director
  2000
- The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
  as
  Director
  2000
- In Absentia
  as
  Animation
  2000
1995
- Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
  as
  Director
  1995
- The Summit
  as
  Director
  1995
- Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
  as
  Writer
  1995
1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Director
  1993
- Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
  as
  Director
  1993
- Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
  as
  Director
  1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Animation
  1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Art Direction
  1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Camera Operator
  1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Editor
  1993
- Anamorphosis
  as
  Decorator
  1993
- Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
  as
  Animation
  1993
- Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
  as
  Camera Operator
  1993
- Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
  as
  Camera Operator
  1993
- Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
  as
  Animation
  1993
1992
- Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  as
  Director
  1992
- Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  as
  Animation
  1992
- Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  as
  Camera Operator
  1992
1991
- The Comb
  as
  Director
  1991
- The Calligrapher
  as
  Director
  1991
- The Comb
  as
  Writer
  1991
- The Calligrapher
  as
  Animation
  1991
- The Comb
  as
  Animation
  1991
- The Comb
  as
  Art Direction
  1991
- The Comb
  as
  Camera Operator
  1991
- The Comb
  as
  Editor
  1991
1989
- Ex Voto
  as
  Director
  1989
1988
- Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  as
  Director
  1988
- Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  as
  Director
  1988
- Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  as
  Cinematography
  1988
- Rain Dance
  as
  Director
  1988
- Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  as
  Animation
  1988
- Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  as
  Decorator
  1988
1987
- Tales of the Brothers Quay
  as
  Director
  1987
1986
- Street of Crocodiles
  as
  Director
  1986
- Street of Crocodiles
  as
  Editor
  1986
- Street of Crocodiles
  as
  Writer
  1986
- Street of Crocodiles
  as
  Production Design
  1986
- Street of Crocodiles
  as
  Animation
  1986
1985
- This Unnameable Little Broom
  as
  Director
  1985
- This Unnameable Little Broom
  as
  Writer
  1985
- This Unnameable Little Broom
  as
  Director of Photography
  1985
1984
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
  as
  Director
  1984
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  as
  Director
  1984
- The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
  as
  Director of Photography
  1984
1983
- no image
  Janáček: Intimate Excursions
  as
  Director
  1983
1982
- no image
  Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
  as
  Director
  1982
1981
- Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
  as
  Director
  1981
- Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
  as
  Animation
  1981
- The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  as
  Director
  1981
- The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  as
  Writer
  1981
- no image
  A Fratricide
  as
  Director
  1981
- no image
  A Fratricide
  as
  Animation
  1981
1979
- Nocturna Artificialia
  as
  Director
  1979
- Nocturna Artificialia
  as
  Cinematography
  1979

Stephen Quay

Biography

Cast Credits

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Quay

Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers

Inside The Institute

The Bug Trainer

The Art of Time

The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

The Falls

Crew Credits

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Ghosts and Whispers

Ghosts and Whispers

The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

VadeMecum

11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

The Doll's Breath

Quay

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

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)

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)

Maska

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

Maska

Inventorium of Traces

Inventorium of Traces

Inventorium of Traces

Inventorium of Traces

Kinoteka Ident

Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

Alice in Not So Wonderland

Alice in Not So Wonderland

Alice in Not So Wonderland

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003

Songs for Dead Children

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse

In Absentia

The Sandman

The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993

In Absentia

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

The Summit

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Anamorphosis

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

The Comb