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Stephen Quay

Stephen Quay

Actor, Director, Animation Department

Born June 17, 1947 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

The identical twin Brothers Quay, one of whom is Timothy, were born near Philadelphia in a town with a significant European immigrant community, which inspired their fascination with European, particularly Eastern European, culture. In the late 1960s, they relocated to London to study at the Royal College of Art, where they created their initial short films (now lost). After spending some time in Holland during the 1970s, they returned to London and partnered with fellow RCA graduate Keith Griffiths, who became the producer for all their later films. Throughout the 1980s, they produced TV commercials (for Honeywell, Walkers Crisps, Dulux Wood Protection) and music videos (notably part of Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer') to finance their personal projects, which primarily featured their signature puppet animation and often drew on obscure literary sources such as Bruno Schulz, Robert Walser, and Michel de Ghelderode. Their first feature film, the nearly entirely live-action yet unmistakably Quay-style 'Institute Benjamenta', premiered in 1995.

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17 wins and 10 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

15

Type

Year

C'era una volta il Cinema Azzurro Scipioni Feature Film2022Self

Hudba Zdenek Liska Poster

Hudba Zdenek Liska TV Movie2017Self - Interviewee

Quay Documentary2015Self

The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin Poster

The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin Documentary2015

¡Atención obras! Poster

¡Atención obras! TV Series2013Self

Àrtic TV Series2013Self

Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers Poster

Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers Documentary2011Self

The Bug Trainer Poster

The Bug Trainer Documentary2008Self - Stop-Motion Animator

Animation Nation TV Series2005Self

The Cinema Show TV Series2005Self

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

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection TV Short2003Librarian

Celluloid Dreams Documentary2002Self

The 52nd Annual Tony Awards Poster

The 52nd Annual Tony Awards TV Special1998Self - Nominee

Días de cine Poster

Días de cine TV Series1991Self - Interviewee

The Falls Poster

The Falls Feature Film1980Ipson Fallari

Director

39

Type

Year

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Poster

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Feature Film2024

VadeMecum Short Film2021

The Doll's Breath Poster

The Doll's Breath Short Film2019

Asleep, I Hear My Name Poster

Asleep, I Hear My Name Short Film2014

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

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

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Documentary2011

Maska Short Film2010

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons Poster

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons Short Film2010

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

Kinoteka Ident Poster

Kinoteka Ident Short Film2008

Alice in Not So Wonderland Poster

Alice in Not So Wonderland Short Film2007

Eurydice: She, So Beloved Poster

Eurydice: She, So Beloved Short Film2007

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Poster

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Feature Film2004

Songs for Dead Children Poster

Songs for Dead Children Short Film2003

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

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection TV Short2003

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door Poster

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door Short Film2001

Duet Short Film2000

In Absentia Poster

In Absentia Short Film2000

The Sandman Poster

The Sandman TV Movie2000

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life Poster

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life Feature Film1995

The Summit Poster

The Summit TV Short1995

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Poster

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Short Film1993

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Poster

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Short Film1993

Are We Still Married? Poster

Are We Still Married? Short Film1992

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Poster

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Short Film1991

The Calligrapher Poster

The Calligrapher TV Short1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Ex voto Short Film1989

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Poster

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Short Film1988

Tales of the Brothers Quay Poster

Tales of the Brothers Quay Documentary1987

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

This Unnameable Little Broom Poster

This Unnameable Little Broom Short Film1985

Ein Brudermord Short Film1981

Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 Short Film1981

Leos Janácek: Intimate Excursions Documentary1981

Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Poster

Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Documentary1981

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Poster

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Short Film1981

Nocturna Artificialia Poster

Nocturna Artificialia Short Film1979

Animation Department

23

Type

Year

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Poster

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Feature Film2024

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

Jack & Diane Poster

Jack & Diane Feature Film2012

Maska Short Film2010

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons Poster

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons Short Film2010

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Poster

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Feature Film2004

Songs for Dead Children Poster

Songs for Dead Children Short Film2003

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

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection TV Short2003

Frida Feature Film2002

In Absentia Poster

In Absentia Short Film2000

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Poster

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Short Film1993

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Poster

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Short Film1993

Are We Still Married? Poster

Are We Still Married? Short Film1992

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Poster

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Short Film1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Poster

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Short Film1988

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

This Unnameable Little Broom Poster

This Unnameable Little Broom Short Film1985

Bal Masqué Short Film1981

Leos Janácek: Intimate Excursions Documentary1981

Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Poster

Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy Documentary1981

Cinematographer

19

Type

Year

Asleep, I Hear My Name Poster

Asleep, I Hear My Name Short Film2014

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

Maska Short Film2010

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

Alice in Not So Wonderland Poster

Alice in Not So Wonderland Short Film2007

In Absentia Poster

In Absentia Short Film2000

The Summit Poster

The Summit TV Short1995

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Poster

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Short Film1993

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Poster

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Short Film1993

Are We Still Married? Poster

Are We Still Married? Short Film1992

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Poster

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Short Film1991

The Calligrapher Poster

The Calligrapher TV Short1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Ex voto Short Film1989

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

This Unnameable Little Broom Poster

This Unnameable Little Broom Short Film1985

Ein Brudermord Short Film1981

Nocturna Artificialia Poster

Nocturna Artificialia Short Film1979

Writer

19

Type

Year

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Poster

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Feature Film2024

The Doll's Breath Poster

The Doll's Breath Short Film2019

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

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

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Documentary2011

Maska Short Film2010

Alice in Not So Wonderland Poster

Alice in Not So Wonderland Short Film2007

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Poster

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Feature Film2004

Songs for Dead Children Poster

Songs for Dead Children Short Film2003

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door Poster

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door Short Film2001

In Absentia Poster

In Absentia Short Film2000

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life Poster

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life Feature Film1995

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Poster

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Short Film1993

The Calligrapher Poster

The Calligrapher TV Short1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Ex voto Short Film1989

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Poster

Stille Nacht: Dramolet Short Film1988

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

This Unnameable Little Broom Poster

This Unnameable Little Broom Short Film1985

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Poster

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Short Film1981

Production Designer

11

Type

Year

Paul Bunyan Poster

Paul Bunyan TV Movie2007

Pinocchio TV Movie2006

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Poster

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes Feature Film2004

Songs for Dead Children Poster

Songs for Dead Children Short Film2003

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Poster

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You Short Film1993

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Poster

Tales from Vienna Woods: Stille Nacht III. Short Film1993

Are We Still Married? Poster

Are We Still Married? Short Film1992

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Poster

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Short Film1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

Editor

10

Type

Year

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Poster

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Feature Film2024

Asleep, I Hear My Name Poster

Asleep, I Hear My Name Short Film2014

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

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

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Documentary2011

Maska Short Film2010

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Poster

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies Short Film1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

Other Crew

5

Type

Year

De Artificiali Perspectiva Poster

De Artificiali Perspectiva Documentary1991

The Comb Poster

The Comb Short Film1991

Street of Crocodiles Poster

Street of Crocodiles Short Film1986

Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 Short Film1981

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Poster

The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode, 1898-1962 Short Film1981

Sound Department

3

Type

Year

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

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Documentary2011

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

Nocturna Artificialia Poster

Nocturna Artificialia Short Film1979

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Papagajka Poster

Papagajka Feature Film2016

Quay Documentary2015

Visual Effects

2

Type

Year

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Poster

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. Short Film2013

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

Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) Documentary2011

Art Director

1

Inventorium of Traces Poster

Inventorium of Traces Documentary2009

Music Department

1

Conspirators of Pleasure Poster

Conspirators of Pleasure Feature Film1996

Set Decorator

1

Nocturna Artificialia Poster

Nocturna Artificialia Short Film1979

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