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Timothy Quay

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The identical twin Brothers Quay (the other being Stephen) were born near Philadelphia in a town with a large European immigrant population, which fuelled their interest in European (especially Eastern European) culture. They moved to London in the late 1960s to study at the Royal College of Art where they made their first short films (now lost)... See full bio »

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2011 Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (documentary short) (co-director)
 
2010 Maska (short)
 
2009 Inwentorium sladów (video documentary short)
 
2007 Eurydice... She, So Beloved (short)
 
2005 The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (as Quay Brothers)
 
2003 The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection (TV short)
 
2003 Songs for Dead Children (short)
 
2001 Stille Nacht V: Dog Door (short) (co-director)
 
2000 In Absentia (short)
 
2000 Duet (short)
 
2000 The Sandman (TV movie)
 
1995 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life
 
1995 The Summit (TV movie)
 
1994 Stille Nacht IV (short)
 
1993 Are We Still Married (short)
 
1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva (short)
 
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods (short)
 
1991 The Comb (short)
 
1991 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (short)
 
1991 The Calligrapher (TV movie)
 
1988 Stille Nacht I (short)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short)
 
1987 The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (short)
 
1987 This Unnameable Little Broom (short)
 
1987 Tales of the Brothers Quay (documentary)
 
1983 Janacek: Intimate Excursions (documentary) (uncredited)
 
1982 Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 (documentary short)
 
1981 Ein Brudermord (short) (as Quay Brothers)
 
1981 The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode (short)
 
1980 Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (documentary) (as Quay Brothers)
 
1979 Nocturna Artificialia (short)
 
Show ShowAnimation Department (20 titles)
2012 Jack and Diane (animator)
 
2010 Maska (short) (animator)
 
2009 Inwentorium sladów (video documentary short) (animator)
 
2005 The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (animator - as Quay Brothers)
 
2003 The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection (TV short) (animator)
 
2003 Songs for Dead Children (short) (animator)
 
2002 Frida (animator: hospital puppet sequence - uncredited)
 
2000 In Absentia (short) (animator)
 
1994 Stille Nacht IV (short) (animator)
 
1993 Are We Still Married (short) (animator)
 
1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva (short) (animator)
 
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods (short) (animator)
 
1991 The Comb (short) (animator)
 
1991 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (short) (animator)
 
1988 Stille Nacht I (short) (animator)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short) (animator)
 
1987 This Unnameable Little Broom (short) (animator)
 
1983 Janacek: Intimate Excursions (documentary) (animator)
 
1981 Bal Masqué (short) (animator)
 
1980 Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (documentary) (animator - as Quay Brothers)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (15 titles)
2010 Maska (short)
 
2009 Inwentorium sladów (video documentary short)
 
2000 In Absentia (short)
 
1995 The Summit (TV movie)
 
1994 Stille Nacht IV (short)
 
1993 Are We Still Married (short)
 
1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva (short)
 
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods (short)
 
1991 The Comb (short)
 
1991 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (short)
 
1991 The Calligrapher (TV movie)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short) (animation)
 
1987 The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (short)
 
1987 This Unnameable Little Broom (short)
 
1981 Ein Brudermord (short) (as Quay Brothers)
 
Show ShowWriter (14 titles)
2011 Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) (documentary short)
 
2010 Maska (short)
 
2005 The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (as Quay Brothers)
 
2003 Songs for Dead Children (short) (screenplay)
 
2001 Stille Nacht V: Dog Door (short)
 
2000 In Absentia (short)
 
1995 Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life
 
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods (short)
 
1991 The Comb (short)
 
1991 The Calligrapher (TV movie)
 
1988 Stille Nacht I (short) (writer)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short)
 
1987 This Unnameable Little Broom (short)
 
1981 The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode (short)
 
Show ShowProduction Designer (10 titles)
2005 The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (as Quay Brothers)
 
2003 Songs for Dead Children (short)
 
1994 Stille Nacht IV (short)
 
1993 Are We Still Married (short)
 
1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva (short)
 
1992 Tales from the Vienna Woods (short)
 
1991 The Comb (short)
 
1991 Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (short)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short)
 
1987 The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (6 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (5 titles)
1993 De Artificiali Perspectiva (short) (puppetry)
 
1991 The Comb (short) (puppeteer)
 
1987 Street of Crocodiles (short) (puppeteer)
 
1982 Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 (documentary short) (puppeteer)
 
1981 The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode (short) (puppetry)
 
Show ShowSound Department (2 titles)
2009 Inwentorium sladów (video documentary short) (sound mixer)
 
1979 Nocturna Artificialia (short) (sound designer)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
2009 Inwentorium sladów (video documentary short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
1996 Conspirators of Pleasure (music co-operator - as Quay Brothers)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1980 The Falls
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2008 The Bug Trainer (documentary)
 
2005 Animation Nation (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Visions of Childhood (2005) … Himself
 
2002 Celluloid Dreams (documentary)
Himself
 

Related Videos

The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes -- Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale. Tales of the Brothers Quay -- Open-ended Trailer from Zeitgeist Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life -- Open-ended Trailer from Zeitgeist
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Personal Details

Other Works:

He and his brother co-directed the music video "Black Soul Choir" for the band Sixteen Horsepower in 1996.

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Alternate Names:

Quay Brothers
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Brother of Stephen Quay. See more »

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