Stephen Quay

Stephen Quay

Directing

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…

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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass ★ 5.7 Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass 2025 The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz ★ 6.0 The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz 2022 Ghosts and Whispers Ghosts and Whispers 2022 11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem ★ 6.0 11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem 2021 VadeMecum ★ 7.0 VadeMecum 2021 The Doll's Breath ★ 6.0 The Doll's Breath 2019 The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin ★ 6.0 The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin 2015 Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. ★ 6.1 Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. 2013 Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) ★ 6.4 Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) 2011 Wonderwood: Comme des garçons ★ 6.0 Wonderwood: Comme des garçons 2010 Maska ★ 7.0 Maska 2010 Inside The Institute Inside The Institute 2010 The Art of Time The Art of Time 2009 Kinoteka Ident Kinoteka Ident 2009 Inventorium of Traces ★ 5.0 Inventorium of Traces 2009 Eurydice: She, So Beloved ★ 5.6 Eurydice: She, So Beloved 2007 Alice in Not So Wonderland ★ 6.5 Alice in Not So Wonderland 2007 Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers ★ 9.0 Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers 2007 The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" 2006 The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes ★ 6.3 The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes 2005 Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 ★ 6.0 Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 2004 The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection ★ 6.4 The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection 2003 Songs for Dead Children ★ 5.2 Songs for Dead Children 2003 Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse ★ 6.0 Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse 2001 Stille Nacht V: Dog Door ★ 5.8 Stille Nacht V: Dog Door 2001 The Sandman ★ 6.3 The Sandman 2000 In Absentia ★ 6.5 In Absentia 2000 The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 ★ 6.0 The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 2000 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life ★ 7.8 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life 1995 The Summit ★ 5.3 The Summit 1995 Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You ★ 6.9 Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You 1993 Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods ★ 6.1 Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods 1993 Anamorphosis ★ 6.6 Anamorphosis 1993 Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? ★ 6.1 Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? 1992 The Comb ★ 6.7 The Comb 1991 The Calligrapher ★ 6.4 The Calligrapher 1991 Ex Voto ★ 4.0 Ex Voto 1989 Rain Dance ★ 5.0 Rain Dance 1988 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies ★ 6.7 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies 1988 Stille Nacht I: Dramolet ★ 6.4 Stille Nacht I: Dramolet 1988 Tales of the Brothers Quay ★ 6.9 Tales of the Brothers Quay 1987 Street of Crocodiles ★ 6.6 Street of Crocodiles 1986 This Unnameable Little Broom ★ 6.2 This Unnameable Little Broom 1985 The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer ★ 6.9 The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer 1984 The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film ★ 6.0 The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film 1984 Janáček: Intimate Excursions ★ 5.8 Janáček: Intimate Excursions 1983 The Falls ★ 7.2 The Falls 1982 Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 ★ 6.2 Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 1982 A Fratricide ★ 9.0 A Fratricide 1981 Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy ★ 6.3 Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy 1981 The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode ★ 6.7 The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode 1981 Nocturna Artificialia ★ 5.9 Nocturna Artificialia 1979 Kieślowski by Quays Kieślowski by Quays