Stephen Quay
Directing
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
Directing48
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
2022
Director
movieGhosts and Whispers
2022
Director
movieVadeMecum
2021
Director
movieThe Doll's Breath
2019
Director
movieMaska
2010
Director
movieKinoteka Ident
2009
Director
movieSongs for Dead Children
2003
Director
movieThe Sandman
2000
Director
movieIn Absentia
2000
Director
movieThe Summit
1995
Director
movieAnamorphosis
1993
Director
movieThe Comb
1991
Director
movieThe Calligrapher
1991
Director
movieEx Voto
1989
Director
movieRain Dance
1988
Director
movieStreet of Crocodiles
1986
Director
movieNocturna Artificialia
1979
Director
Visual Effects15
movieGhosts and Whispers
2022
Animation
movieIn Absentia
2000
Animation
movieAnamorphosis
1993
Animation
movieThe Comb
1991
Animation
movieThe Calligrapher
1991
Animation
movieStreet of Crocodiles
1986
Animation
A Fratricide
1981
Animation
Writing11
movieMaska
2010
Writer
movieThe Comb
1991
Writer
Acting10
Camera8
Inventorium of Traces
2009
Director of Photography
movieStille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
1993
Camera Operator
movieStille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
1993
Camera Operator
movieAnamorphosis
1993
Camera Operator
movieStille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
1992
Camera Operator
movieThe Comb
1991
Camera Operator
movieThis Unnameable Little Broom
1985
Director of Photography
movieThe Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
1984
Director of Photography
Editing7
movieAnamorphosis
1993
Editor
movieThe Comb
1991
Editor
Art6
movieEurydice: She, So Beloved
2007
Set Designer
movieThe Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005
Production Design
movieAnamorphosis
1993
Art Direction, Decorator
movieThe Comb
1991
Art Direction
movieStreet of Crocodiles
1986
Production Design
Crew4
movieQuay
2015
Thanks
movieAlice in Not So Wonderland
2007
Cinematography
movieRehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
1988
Cinematography
movieNocturna Artificialia
1979
Cinematography