Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
June 17, 1947
Place of Birth:
Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Stephen Quay
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Music of Zdeněk Liška | Self |
| 2015 | The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin | |
| 2015 | Quay | Self |
| 2011 | Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers | Self |
| 2010 | Inside The Institute | |
| 2009 | The Bug Trainer | Self - stop-motion animator |
| 2009 | The Art of Time | |
| 2006 | The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" | |
| 2003 | The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection | Librarian |
| 1980 | The Falls | Ipson Fallari |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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