Stephen Quay
Directing
June 17, 1947 (78 years old)
Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Male
113 Movies
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.
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection 
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
2003 6.4
as Librarian
Age 56 (now 78)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life 
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 7.8
Writer
Age 48 (now 78) Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 7.8
Director
Age 48 (now 78)
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer 
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984 6.9
Director of Photography
Age 37 (now 78)
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes 
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 6.3
Production Design
Age 58 (now 78) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass 
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 5.7
Animation
Age 77 (now 78) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 5.7
Sound
Age 77 (now 78) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 5.7
Screenplay
Age 77 (now 78) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 5.7
Editor
Age 77 (now 78) Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 5.7
Director
Age 77 (now 78) The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
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The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
2022 6.0
Director
Age 75 (now 78)
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem 
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
2021 6.0
Director
Age 74 (now 78)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum) 
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011 6.4
Sound
Age 64 (now 78) Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011 6.4
Director
Age 64 (now 78) Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011 6.4
Animation
Age 64 (now 78) Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
2011 6.4
Editor
Age 64 (now 78) Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers 
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
2011
as Self
Age 64 (now 78)
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers 
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
2007 9.0
Director
Age 59 (now 78) The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" 
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006
Age 58 (now 78) The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 6.3
Production Design
Age 58 (now 78) Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003 
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
2004 6.0
Director
Age 57 (now 78) The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
2003 6.4
as Librarian
Age 56 (now 78) The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
2003 6.4
Director
Age 56 (now 78)
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993 
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
2000 6.0
Director
Age 53 (now 78) Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 7.8
Writer
Age 48 (now 78) Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 7.8
Director
Age 48 (now 78)
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You 
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 6.9
Animation
Age 46 (now 78) Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 6.9
Camera Operator
Age 46 (now 78) Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993 6.9
Director
Age 46 (now 78) Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods 
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 6.1
Camera Operator
Age 45 (now 78) Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 6.1
Director
Age 45 (now 78) Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993 6.1
Animation
Age 45 (now 78)
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married? 
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 6.1
Director
Age 45 (now 78) Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 6.1
Animation
Age 45 (now 78) Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992 6.1
Camera Operator
Age 45 (now 78)
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies 
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 6.7
Cinematography
Age 40 (now 78) Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 6.7
Animation
Age 40 (now 78) Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988 6.7
Decorator
Age 40 (now 78)
This Unnameable Little Broom 
This Unnameable Little Broom
1985 6.2
Director of Photography
Age 37 (now 78) The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984 6.9
Director of Photography
Age 37 (now 78) The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film 
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
1984 6.0
Director
Age 37 (now 78) Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
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Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929
1982 6.2
Director
Age 34 (now 78) Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy 
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
1981 6.3
Animation
Age 33 (now 78) Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
1981 6.3
Director
Age 33 (now 78) The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode 
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
1981 6.7
Writer
Age 33 (now 78) The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
1981 6.7
Director
Age 33 (now 78)
IMDB
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