Stephen Quay
Known for Directing · 10 credits
- Born
- 1947-06-17 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Movies (10)
Quay
2015
as Self
The Falls
1982
as Ipson Fallari
The Bug Trainer
2009
as Self - stop-motion animator
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015
Inside The Institute
2010
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
2017
as Self
The Art of Time
2009
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
2003
as Librarian
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
2011
as Self
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006
About Stephen Quay
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 Croco… With 10 credits spanning from 1982 to 2017, Stephen Quay has appeared in 10 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stephen Quay Movies
- Quay (2015) — as Self
- The Falls (1982) — as Ipson Fallari
- The Bug Trainer (2009) — as Self - stop-motion animator
- The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin (2015)
- Inside The Institute (2010)
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