Stephen Quay

Stephen Quay

Directing

Born June 17, 1947 · Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

48 films as director · Active 1979–2025

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, wher…

Known for

Quay

Quay

2015

The Falls

The Falls

1982

Inside The Institute

Inside The Institute

2010

The Bug Trainer

The Bug Trainer

2009

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

2015

The Art of Time

The Art of Time

2009

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

The Music of Zdeněk Liška

2017

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

Directed(48)

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

2025Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass★ 5.8

Ghosts and Whispers

2022Ghosts and Whispers

2022The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz★ 6.0

VadeMecum

2021VadeMecum★ 7.0

11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

202111 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem★ 6.0

The Doll's Breath

2019The Doll's Breath★ 6.0

Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

2013Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.★ 6.1

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

2011Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)★ 6.4

Maska

2010Maska★ 7.0

Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

2010Wonderwood: Comme des garçons★ 6.0

2009Inventorium of Traces★ 5.0

Kinoteka Ident

2009Kinoteka Ident

Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers

2007Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers★ 9.0

Eurydice: She, So Beloved

2007Eurydice: She, So Beloved★ 5.6

Alice in Not So Wonderland

2007Alice in Not So Wonderland★ 6.5

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

2005The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes★ 6.3

Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003

2004Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003★ 6.0

Songs for Dead Children

2003Songs for Dead Children★ 5.2

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

2003The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection★ 6.4

Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

2001Stille Nacht V: Dog Door★ 5.8

Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse

2001Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse★ 6.0

In Absentia

2000In Absentia★ 6.5

The Sandman

2000The Sandman★ 6.3

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

2000The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993★ 6.0

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

1995Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life★ 7.8

The Summit

1995The Summit★ 5.3

Anamorphosis

1993Anamorphosis★ 6.6

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

1993Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods★ 6.1

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

1993Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You★ 6.9

Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

1992Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?★ 6.1

The Comb

1991The Comb★ 6.7

The Calligrapher

1991The Calligrapher★ 6.4

Ex Voto

1989Ex Voto★ 4.0

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

1988Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies★ 6.7

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

1988Stille Nacht I: Dramolet★ 6.4

Rain Dance

1988Rain Dance★ 5.0

Tales of the Brothers Quay

1987Tales of the Brothers Quay★ 6.9

Street of Crocodiles

1986Street of Crocodiles★ 6.6

This Unnameable Little Broom

1985This Unnameable Little Broom★ 6.2

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

1984The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer★ 6.9

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

1984The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film★ 6.0

1983Janáček: Intimate Excursions★ 5.8

1982Igor Stravinsky: The Paris Years Chez Pleyel 1920-1929★ 6.2

Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

1981Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy★ 6.3

The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

1981The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode★ 6.7

1981A Fratricide★ 9.0

Nocturna Artificialia

1979Nocturna Artificialia★ 5.9

—Kieślowski by Quays

Acting(10)

2017The Music of Zdeněk LiškaSelf

2015The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

Stephen Quay — Watchpile | Watchpile

2011Behind the Scenes with the Quay BrothersSelf

2010Inside The Institute

2009The Art of Time

2009The Bug TrainerSelf - stop-motion animator

2006The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

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

1982The FallsIpson Fallari