Stephen Quay

Stephen Quay

Directing
Born 1947-06-17 Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA 57 credits
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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.
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Filmography
Directing 48 credits
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Animation
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
2007 · Director, Set Designer, Editor
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
2010 · Director
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · Director, Writer, Production Design
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Director, Writer
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984 · Director, Director of Photography
The Sandman
The Sandman
2000 · Director
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children
2003 · Director
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer, Editor
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
2001 · Director, Writer
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 · Director, Camera Operator, Animation
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 · Director, Animation, Camera Operator
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
1988 · Director
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
2013 · Director, Writer, Animation
Rain Dance
Rain Dance
1988 · Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2001 · Director
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher
1991 · Director, Animation
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 · Director, Animation, Camera Operator
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 · Director, Cinematography, Animation
The Doll's Breath
The Doll's Breath
2019 · Director
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia
1979 · Director, Cinematography
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
1993 · Director, Art Direction, Editor
A Fratricide
A Fratricide
1981 · Director, Animation
Maska
Maska
2010 · Director, Writer
The Comb
The Comb
1991 · Director, Writer, Animation
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
1981 · Director, Writer
The Summit
The Summit
1995 · Director
In Absentia
In Absentia
2000 · Director, Animation
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
2004 · Director
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 · Director, Librarian
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers
2022 · Director, Animation
Ex Voto
Ex Voto
1989 · Director
Tales of the Brothers Quay
Tales of the Brothers Quay
1987 · Director
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 · Director, Sound, Animation
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
1982 · Director
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
2000 · Director
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
2007 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
Kieślowski by Quays
Kieślowski by Quays
· Director
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 · Director
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
2007 · Director
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
1981 · Director, Animation
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
1983 · Director
VadeMecum
VadeMecum
2021 · Director
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
2021 · Director
Kinoteka Ident
Kinoteka Ident
2009 · Director
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
2022 · Director
Acting 25 credits
Quay
Quay
2015 · ★ 6.0 · Self, Thanks
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Animation
The Falls
The Falls
1982 · Ipson Fallari
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
2007 · Director, Set Designer, Editor
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer, Editor
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 · Director, Camera Operator, Animation
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 · Director, Animation, Camera Operator
The Bug Trainer
The Bug Trainer
2009 · Self - stop-motion animator
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
2013 · Director, Writer, Animation
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher
1991 · Director, Animation
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 · Director, Animation, Camera Operator
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
2017 · Self
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 · Director, Cinematography, Animation
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia
1979 · Director, Cinematography
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
1993 · Director, Art Direction, Editor
A Fratricide
A Fratricide
1981 · Director, Animation
The Comb
The Comb
1991 · Director, Writer, Animation
In Absentia
In Absentia
2000 · Director, Animation
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 · Director, Librarian
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers
2022 · Director, Animation
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 · Director, Sound, Animation
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
2011 · Self
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
2007 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
1981 · Director, Animation
Other credits 15 credits
Quay
Quay
2015 · ★ 6.0 · Self, Thanks
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Animation
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
2007 · Director, Set Designer, Editor
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · Director, Writer, Production Design
Inventorium of Traces
Inventorium of Traces
2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984 · Director, Director of Photography
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer, Editor
Inside The Institute
Inside The Institute
2010
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
1993 · Director, Art Direction, Editor
The Comb
The Comb
1991 · Director, Writer, Animation
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
2009
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 · Director, Sound, Animation
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006
Writing 11 credits
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Animation
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · Director, Writer, Production Design
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Director, Writer
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Writer, Editor
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
2001 · Director, Writer
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
2013 · Director, Writer, Animation
Maska
Maska
2010 · Director, Writer
The Comb
The Comb
1991 · Director, Writer, Animation
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
1981 · Director, Writer
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
2007 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
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