Stephen Quay Movies

Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

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

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

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,...

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

Another short, grainy film from the Quay Brothers. This one has funny singing in it.

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

"Maska" is the latest animated film of Quay brothers, directors and puppet animators, with the music composed by Krzysztof Penderecki. The film is an...

Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

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...

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

Opening sequence for the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival.

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

Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...

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...

An extremely obscure minute-long short by the Brothers Quay in 1989. Animation appears to be done in 'Cutout' style, is abstract and plotless - more...

Two men seek to negotiate an agreement of international significance.

Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem...

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

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