Biography
film director
Timothy Quay
Stephen and Timothy Quay (Norristown, PA, USA, 1947), twin brothers, studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, then later moved to London, where he attended the Royal College of Art. In 1980 the formed Koninck with colleague Keith Griffiths and during a thirty-year career thay have produced a hybrid variety of puppets animation film work. Their work also includes decors for opera and theatre productions.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Nocturna Artificialia (cm, anim., 1979), Punch & Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy (coregia/codirectors Keith Griffiths, Larry Sider, mm, anim., 1980), The Eternal Day of Michel De Ghelderode (coregia/codirector Keith Griffiths, cm, anim., 1981), Ein Brudermord (cm, anim., 1981), Stravinsky: The Paris Years (cm, anim., 1983), The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer (coregia/codirector Keith Griffiths, cm, anim., 1984), This Unnameable Little Broom (coregia/codirector Keith Griffiths, cm, anim., 1985), Street of Crocodiles (cm, anim., 1985), Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (cm, anim., 1988), The Comb (cm, anim., 1990), De Artificiali Perspectiva (cm, anim., 1991), Tales from the Vienna Woods (cm, anim., 1992), Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995), The Sandman (cm, TV, 2000), In Absentia (cm, anim., 2000), The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (2005), Inwentorium ?ladów (cm, anim., 2009), Maska (cm, anim., 2010).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Jonathan Collinson, The Brothers Quay.
Music: Lech Jankowski.
Sonoro: Larry Sider.
Cast: Feliks Stawinski.
Production company: Keith Griffiths e British Film Institute.
Italian distribution: British Film Institute, 29 Rathbone Street, London W.I. Tel.: 01/6365784 Telex: 27624 BFILDNG.