About
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.
Filmography
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass2025 · Screenplay, Animation, Director, Editor, Sound
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz2022 · Director
Ghosts and Whispers2022 · Director, Animation
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem2021 · Director
VadeMecum2021 · Director
The Doll's Breath2019 · Director
Quay2015 · Thanks
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.2013 · Animation, Writer, Director
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)2011 · Director, Sound, Animation, Editor
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons2010 · Director
Maska2010 · Director, Writer
Kinoteka Ident2009 · Director
Inventorium of Traces2009 · Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer
Eurydice: She, So Beloved2007 · Set Designer, Editor, Director
Alice in Not So Wonderland2007 · Director, Cinematography, Writer
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers2007 · Director
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes2005 · Director, Writer, Production Design
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-20032004 · Director
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection2003 · Director
Songs for Dead Children2003 · Director