Directed credits
38
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Timothy Quay
Directing
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Directed movies: 38Directed series: 0All crew credits: 44
TMDB ID: 124238
IMDb ID: nm0703029
Known for: Directing
Born: June 17, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1979 - 2025
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q18045619
Frequent jobs
Director (38)Animation (2)Editor (1)Set Designer (1)Thanks (1)Writer (1)
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 history, with a constant collaboration alongside Stephen throughout his career.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Timothy Quay.
Ghosts and Whispers
Director
2022 Movie
6.0
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
Director
2021 Movie
7.0
VadeMecum
Director
2021 Movie
6.0
The Doll's Breath
Director
2019 Movie
6.4
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Director
2011 Movie
6.0
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Director
2010 Movie
7.0
Maska
Director
2010 Movie
Kinoteka Ident
Director
2009 Movie
9.0
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
Director
2007 Movie
6.3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Director
2005 Movie
6.0
Quay Brothers: The Short Films 1979-2003
Director
2004 Movie
6.1
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
Director
2003 Movie
5.3
Songs for Dead Children
Director
2003 Movie
6.0
Sonic Cinema: Sparklehorse
Director
2001 Movie
5.8
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Director
2001 Movie
6.0
The Sandman
Director
2000 Movie
6.3
In Absentia
Director
2000 Movie
6.0
The Brothers Quay Collection: Ten Astonishing Short Films 1984-1993
Director
2000 Movie
7.7
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Director
1995 Movie
5.3
The Summit
Director
1995 Movie
6.7
Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
Director
1993 Movie
5.9
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Director
1993 Movie
6.5
Anamorphosis
Director
1993 Movie
6.0
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Director
1992 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Timothy Quay.
5.0
Inventorium of Traces
Editor
2009 Movie
6.1
Quay
Thanks
2015 Movie
6.0
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
Animation
2025 Movie
7.7
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Director
1995 Movie
7.2
The Falls
as Pulat Fallari
1982 Movie
6.0
The Doll's Breath
Director
2019 Movie
6.3
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
Director
2005 Movie
6.7
The Comb
Director
1991 Movie
6.5
Street of Crocodiles
Director
1986 Movie
6.3
Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
Director
1988 Movie
6.1
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
Director
2003 Movie
6.5
Anamorphosis
Director
1993 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Timothy Quay.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Timothy Quay.
5.0
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
as Self
2017 Movie
6.0
The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
2015 Movie
6.1
Quay
as Self
2015 Movie
Behind the Scenes with the Quay Brothers
as Self
2011 Movie
The Art of Time
as Self
2009 Movie
4.0
The Bug Trainer
as Self - stop-motion animator
2009 Movie
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
2006 Movie
7.2
The Falls
as Pulat Fallari
1982 Movie