Timothy Quay Movies

  • 2000
    The Sandman

    The Sandman

    The Sandman

    6.32000HD

    One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but...

    The Sandman
  • 1991
    The Comb

    The Comb

    The Comb

    6.71991HD

    A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

    The Comb
  • 2009
    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    The Art of Time

    02009HD

    Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...

    The Art of Time
  • 2013
    Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

    Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

    Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.

    6.12013HD

    In a realm beyond the senses, plants interact with surreal cinematography to chart the course of our character: an entity said to embody the life and...

    Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
  • 1992
    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    6.1941992HD

    Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  • 1988
    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    6.61988HD

    Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  • 1981
    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    6.31981HD

    An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
  • 1988
    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    6.4561988HD

    A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  • 1981
    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode

    6.71981HD

    Using the tricks of the Flemish playwright's own trade--puppetry, masks, and a Breughelesque sense of bizarre carnival, the collaborators succeeded...

    The Eternal Day of Michel de Ghelderode
  • 2001
    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door

    5.82001HD

    Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.

    Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

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

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

    61984HD

    The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
  • 1988
    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

    51988HD

    A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.

    Rain Dance
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    6.91984HD

    In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
  • 2006
    The Making of

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"

    02006HD

    An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London

    The Making of
  • 2010
    Maska

    Maska

    Maska

    72010HD

    The movie is set in a technologically developed but, at the same time, feudal world. Beautiful Duenna was created in order to carry out certain...

    Maska
  • 2009
    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    42009HD

    The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...

    The Bug Trainer
  • 1991
    The Calligrapher

    The Calligrapher

    The Calligrapher

    6.41991HD

    With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink,...

    The Calligrapher
  • 1981
    A Fratricide

    A Fratricide

    A Fratricide

    91981HD

    A man murders his brother in a crime of jealous passion. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story of the same name.

    A Fratricide
  • 2022
    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    62022HD

    A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
  • 2000
    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    6.52000HD

    A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her...

    In Absentia