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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-06-17 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

Stephen Quay

Biography:

Known For

Acting

2017

The Music of Zdeněk Liška as Self

2015

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Quay as Self

2011

Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers as Self

2010

Inside The Institute

2009

The Bug Trainer as Self - stop-motion animator

The Art of Time

2006

The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

2003

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

1980

The Falls as Ipson Fallari

Directing

2025

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass as Director

2022

Ghosts and Whispers as Director

The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz as Director

2021

VadeMecum as Director

11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem as Director

2019

The Doll's Breath as Director

2013

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. as Director

2011

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

2010

Maska as Director

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons as Director

2009

Inventorium of Traces as Director

Kinoteka Ident as Director

2007

Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers as Director

Eurydice: She, So Beloved as Director

Alice in Not So Wonderland as Director

2005

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes as Director

2004

Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 as Director

2003

Songs for Dead Children as Director

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

2001

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door as Director

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse as Director

2000

In Absentia as Director

The Sandman as Director

The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 as Director

1995

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Director

The Summit as Director

1993

Anamorphosis as Director

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods as Director

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You as Director

1992

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? as Director

1991

The Comb as Director

The Calligrapher as Director

1989

Ex Voto as Director

1988

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet as Director

Rain Dance as Director

1987

Tales of the Brothers Quay as Director

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies as Director

1986

Street of Crocodiles as Director

1985

This Unnameable Little Broom as Director

1984

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer as Director

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film as Director

1983

Janáček: Intimate Excursions as Director

1982

Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929 as Director

1981

Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy as Director

The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode as Director

A Fratricide as Director

1979

Nocturna Artificialia as Director

Crew

2015

Quay as Thanks

2007

Alice in Not So Wonderland as Cinematography

1987

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies as Cinematography

1979

Nocturna Artificialia as Cinematography

Writing

2025

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass as Screenplay

2013

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. as Writer

2010

Maska as Writer

2007

Alice in Not So Wonderland as Writer

2005

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes as Writer

2001

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door as Writer

1995

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life as Writer

1991

The Comb as Writer

1986

Street of Crocodiles as Writer

1985

This Unnameable Little Broom as Writer

1981

The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode as Writer

Sound

2025

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass as Sound

2011

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

2009

Inventorium of Traces as Sound Designer

Editing

2025

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass as Editor

2011

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

2009

Inventorium of Traces as Editor

2007

Eurydice: She, So Beloved as Editor

1993

Anamorphosis as Editor

1991

The Comb as Editor

1986

Street of Crocodiles as Editor

Visual Effects

2025

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass as Animation

2022

Ghosts and Whispers as Animation

2013

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H. as Animation

2011

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

1993

Anamorphosis as Animation

1991

The Calligrapher as Animation

The Comb as Animation

1986

Street of Crocodiles as Animation

1981

Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy as Animation

A Fratricide as Animation

Camera

2009

Inventorium of Traces as Director of Photography

1993

Anamorphosis as Camera Operator

1991

The Comb as Camera Operator

1985

This Unnameable Little Broom as Director of Photography

1984

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer as Director of Photography

Art

2007

Eurydice: She, So Beloved as Set Designer

2005

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes as Production Design

1993

Anamorphosis as Art Direction

1991

The Comb as Art Direction

1986

Street of Crocodiles as Production Design