
Timothy Quay
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.
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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Director, Writer
1995

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Director
2025

Street of Crocodiles
Director, Writer
1986

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
Director
1984

Alice in Not So Wonderland
Director, Writer
2007

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Director, Writer
2005

This Unnameable Little Broom
Director, Writer
1985

The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
Director
2003

Anamorphosis
Director
1993

The Doll's Breath
Director
2019

Nocturna Artificialia
Director
1979

The Comb
Director, Writer
1991






