Stephen Quay

Directing

Born 1947-06-17 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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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

The FallsThe Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical CollectionQuayThe 1000 Eyes of Dr MaddinThe Bug TrainerBehind the Scenes with the Quay BrothersInside The InstituteThe Art of TimeThe Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"