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Timothy Quay
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Timothy Quay

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Directing · Born 1947-06-17 · age 79 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Street of Crocodiles
movie

Street of Crocodiles

Jul 19866.6
Director, Writer, Editor, Animation, Production Design
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
movie

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Aug 19957.6
Director, Writer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
movie

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

Jun 19846.9
Director, Director of Photography
The Falls
movie

The Falls

Aug 19827.3
Actor
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
movie

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

Sep 20056.3
Director, Writer, Production Design
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
movie

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

Jan 19886.4
Director
The Comb
movie

The Comb

Oct 19916.7
Director, Writer, Animation, Editor, Art Direction, Camera Operator
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
movie

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

Aug 19926.1
Director, Animation, Camera Operator
In Absentia
movie

In Absentia

Oct 20006.5
Director, Animation
This Unnameable Little Broom
movie

This Unnameable Little Broom

Jan 19856.2
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Anamorphosis
movie

Anamorphosis

Apr 19936.6
Director, Animation, Art Direction, Camera Operator, Editor, Decorator
Nocturna Artificialia
movie

Nocturna Artificialia

Jan 19795.9
Director, Cinematography
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
movie

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

Jan 19886.6
Director, Cinematography, Animation, Decorator
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
movie

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Jun 19936.1
Director, Animation, Camera Operator
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
movie

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Dec 19936.9
Director, Camera Operator, Animation
The Calligrapher
movie

The Calligrapher

Jan 19916.4
Director, Animation
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
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movie

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Apr 20255.8
Director, Screenplay, Animation, Sound, Editor
Maska
movie

Maska

Mar 20107.0
Director, Writer
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
movie

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

Jun 20036.3
Director
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
movie

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

Sep 20116.4
Director, Editor, Sound, Animation
Tales of the Brothers Quay
movie

Tales of the Brothers Quay

Jul 19876.9
Director
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
movie

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

Nov 20136.1
Director, Writer, Animation
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
movie

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

Apr 20015.8
Director, Writer
J
movie

Janáček: Intimate Excursions

Jan 19835.8
Director
Eurydice: She, So Beloved
movie

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

Oct 20075.6
Director, Set Designer, Editor
I
movie

Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929

Jan 19826.2
Director
Songs for Dead Children
movie

Songs for Dead Children

Mar 20035.2
Director
Alice in Not So Wonderland
movie

Alice in Not So Wonderland

Jul 20076.3
Director, Writer, Cinematography
The Summit
movie

The Summit

Jan 19955.3
Director
The Sandman
movie

The Sandman

Nov 20006.3
Director
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
movie

Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

Jan 19816.3
Director, Animation
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
movie

The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

Jan 19816.7
Director, Writer
I
movie

Inventorium of Traces

Feb 20095.0
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Sound Designer
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
movie

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

May 20106.0
Director
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
movie

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Sep 20156.0
Actor
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
movie

Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers

Apr 20079.0
Director
VadeMecum
movie

VadeMecum

Apr 20217.0
Director
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
movie

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

Jun 19846.0
Director
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
movie

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse

Oct 20016.0
Director
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
movie

Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003

Nov 20046.0
Director
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
movie

11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

Nov 20216.0
Director
Rain Dance
movie

Rain Dance

Nov 19885.0
Director
T
movie

The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

Nov 20226.0
Director
Ex Voto
movie

Ex Voto

Jan 19894.0
Director
The Doll's Breath
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movie

The Doll's Breath

Sep 20196.0
Director
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
movie

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

Aug 20006.0
Director
A
movie

A Fratricide

Oct 19819.0
Director, Animation
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
movie

The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

Jan 2006
Actor
Ghosts and Whispers
movie

Ghosts and Whispers

May 2022
Director, Animation
Kinoteka Ident
movie

Kinoteka Ident

Mar 2009
Director