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Stephen Quay

Stephen Quay

Known For Directing
Birthday Jun 17, 1947 (78)
Birthplace Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Feb 22, 2026
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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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 Ateli ... er 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.

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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

2025

Screenplay, Editor, Sound, Animation

Quay

Quay

2015

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Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

2013

Writer, Animation

Alice in Not So Wonderland

Alice in Not So Wonderland

2007

Writer, Cinematography

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

2007

Editor, Set Designer

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

2005

Production Design, Writer

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis

1993

Camera Operator, Art Direction, Animation, Editor

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

1993

Camera Operator, Animation

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

1993

Camera Operator, Animation

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

1992

Camera Operator, Animation

The Calligrapher

The Calligrapher

1991

Animation

The Comb

The Comb

1991

Editor, Writer, Animation, Camera Operator, Art Direction

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

1988

Cinematography

Street of Crocodiles

Street of Crocodiles

1986

Production Design, Writer, Animation, Editor

This Unnameable Little Broom

This Unnameable Little Broom

1985

Writer, Director of Photography

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

1984

Director of Photography

Nocturna Artificialia

Nocturna Artificialia

1979

Cinematography

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