Timothy Quay
Directing · Born June 17, 1947 · 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.
Timothy Quay movies and shows
Postscriptum. Ruminations on My Craft2026
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes2005
Quay2015
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass2025
The Doll's Breath2019
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life1995
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer1984
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode1981
This Unnameable Little Broom1985
Eurydice: She, So Beloved2007
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin2015
Alice in Not So Wonderland2007
The Art of Time2009
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection2003
The Sandman2000
Tales of the Brothers Quay1987
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-19932000
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You1993
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons2010
The Falls1982
Street of Crocodiles1986
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods1993
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy1981
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"2006