
Timothy Quay
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Biography
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…
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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
2025 · Movie

Quay
2015 · Movie

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
1995 · Movie

The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
2005 · Movie
Inventorium of Traces
2009 · Movie

The Doll's Breath
2019 · Movie

The Sandman
2000 · Movie

The Falls
1982 · Movie

The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015 · Movie

The Art of Time
2009 · Movie

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

In Absentia
2000 · Movie