Timothy Quay

Timothy Quay

Directing
Born 1947-06-17 Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA 56 credits
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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 history, with a constant collaboration alongside Stephen throughout his career.
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Filmography
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Animation, Director
Quay
Quay
2015 · ★ 6.1 · Self, Thanks
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
2007 · 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
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 · Editor, Director of Photography
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
1986 · ★ 6.6 · Director, Editor
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
The Falls
The Falls
1982 · Pulat Fallari
This Unnameable Little Broom
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985 · Director, Writer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984 · Director, Director of Photography
Songs for Dead Children
Songs for Dead Children
2003 · Director
The Doll's Breath
The Doll's Breath
2019 · Director
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 · Director, Animation
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
1988 · Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
2001 · Director
The Comb
The Comb
1991 · Director, Writer
The Sandman
The Sandman
2000 · Director
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
2009 · Self
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, Editor
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
1981 · Director, Animation
Tales of the Brothers Quay
Tales of the Brothers Quay
1987 · Director
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
2001 · Director, Writer
Rain Dance
Rain Dance
1988 · Director
The Bug Trainer
The Bug Trainer
2009 · Self - stop-motion animator
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
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 · Director, Camera Operator
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 · Director, Cinematography
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
1981 · Director, Writer
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
2017 · Self
In Absentia
In Absentia
2000 · Director, Animation
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
2013 · Animation, Writer
Nocturna Artificialia
Nocturna Artificialia
1979 · Director, Cinematography
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
1982 · Director
The Summit
The Summit
1995 · Director
Ex Voto
Ex Voto
1989 · Director
A Fratricide
A Fratricide
1981 · Director, Animation
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006
Maska
Maska
2010 · Director, Writer
VadeMecum
VadeMecum
2021 · Director
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 · Director, Animation
Anamorphosis
Anamorphosis
1993 · Director, Animation
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
2011 · Self
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher
1991 · Director, Animation
Alice in Not So Wonderland
Alice in Not So Wonderland
2007 · Writer, Cinematography
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
2000 · Director
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
Janáček: Intimate Excursions
1983 · Director
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
2004 · Director
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 · Director
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
2022 · Director
Ghosts and Whispers
Ghosts and Whispers
2022 · Director, Animation
Kinoteka Ident
Kinoteka Ident
2009 · Director
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
2007 · Director
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
2021 · Director
Kieślowski by Quays
Kieślowski by Quays
· Director
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