Timothy Quay

June 17, 1947

Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

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

Timothy Quay

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

In Absentia

Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

The Comb

Anamorphosis

Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

Street of Crocodiles

This Unnameable Little Broom

The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer