The Brothers Quay
Stephen and Timothy Quay.
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Born-
June 17th 1947, Norristtown Pennslvania, USA.
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Occupation-
Film directors, animators.
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They
went to the Royal College of Art in London, which is where they first started
to create short animations in the ‘70s.
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Since
studying there, they have lived in London ever since.
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There
we inspired by Eastern European animation.
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‘Masters
of exquisitely subjective puppet animation films’.
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They
have a unique style of animation, which is recognizable through there use of
sensitivity of colour and texture and the use of focus and camera movements.
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‘Institute Benjamenta’ was their first
live action feature length film in 1994.
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It
wasn’t until 2005 when they premiered their second animation, ‘The Piano Turner of Earthquakes’.
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The
Quay brothers also designed for theatre and opera.
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They
on a Tony nomination in 1998 for ‘The
Chairs’.
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In
2000 they made the award winning ‘In Abstentia’ and collaborated on this with
the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.
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They
worked on dance-based films such as ‘The
Sandman’ and ‘Duet’.
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