Timothy Quay
Director
Biography
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.
As Director
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
1988
The Comb
1991
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992
In Absentia
2000
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985
Anamorphosis
1993
Nocturna Artificialia
1979
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988Filmography
Quay
as Self 2015
The Falls
as Pulat Fallari 1982
The Bug Trainer
as Self - stop-motion animator 2009
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
as Self 2017
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
The Art of Time
as Self 2009
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006