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Brothers Quay: Award-Winning Animators

The Brothers Quay are identical twin stop-motion animators from the United States known for their unique style. They create films featuring partially disassembled puppet and objects in dark atmospheres. Two of their most famous works are Street of Crocodiles and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Mikey Please is a British animator who had a breakthrough with his film The Eagleman Stag, which won several awards including a BAFTA. He is currently working on his first feature film called Marilyn Miller. Both animators are notable for their experimental and distinctive approaches to animation.

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Topics covered

  • Bruno Schulz,
  • Timothy Quay,
  • The Eagleman Stag,
  • film direction,
  • Brothers Quay,
  • character development,
  • music videos,
  • cinematic techniques,
  • storytelling in animation,
  • animation artistry
117 views3 pages

Brothers Quay: Award-Winning Animators

The Brothers Quay are identical twin stop-motion animators from the United States known for their unique style. They create films featuring partially disassembled puppet and objects in dark atmospheres. Two of their most famous works are Street of Crocodiles and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Mikey Please is a British animator who had a breakthrough with his film The Eagleman Stag, which won several awards including a BAFTA. He is currently working on his first feature film called Marilyn Miller. Both animators are notable for their experimental and distinctive approaches to animation.

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Topics covered

  • Bruno Schulz,
  • Timothy Quay,
  • The Eagleman Stag,
  • film direction,
  • Brothers Quay,
  • character development,
  • music videos,
  • cinematic techniques,
  • storytelling in animation,
  • animation artistry

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Contemporary Animators
The Brothers Quay
The Brothers Quay also known as Stephen and Timothy Quay Are
American Identical Twins. Theyre influential stop-motion animators with
awards such as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design in
1998. The Quay Brothers work in England having moved there in 1969 to
study at the royal College of Art. Timothy Studied illustration whilst
Stephen studied film in Philadelphia. They created their first short film
which became damaged in England. In the 1970s they teamed up with
Keith Griffiths who has produced all of their films.
Most of their animation films feature puppets made of doll parts and other
organic/inorganic materials, often partially disassembled into the dark
atmosphere. One of their most famous pieces of work is Street of
Crocodiles, which is based on the short novel of the same name by the
Polish author and artist Bruno Schulz. This was selected by Terry Gilliam as
one of the ten best films for Sight and Sounds 2002 critics poll. Two
feature length films have been created by the Brothers Quay, both
produced by Keith Griffiths, these are; Institute Benjamenta and The Piano
Tuner Of Earthquakes. Most of their animations have no speaking dialogue
except for The Comb, which has multilingual background mumbling. In
2000 they contributed a short film to the BBCs Sound on film series. The
Quay Brothers are also known for creating music videos like His Name Is
Alive by Michael Penn or 16 Horsepower by the Black Soul Choir.
The Quay Brothers had an extensive award wins and nominations which
included;
BAFTA 1992 nominated, best animated short film Anamorfoses
Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2011, Nominated,
Maska
Britsh Animation Awards 2002, won Best Film at the Cutting Edge, In
Absentia
Brussels International festival of Fantasy film 1987, Won Best short
film, Street of Crocodiles
Cannes Film Festival 1986 Nominated Palme dor, Street of
Crocodiles
And many more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOfsJz4TjA (Street of Crocodiles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeRnpMgbj8 (Impressions)
I enjoy the Brothers Quay Work because it is completely different and
significant to anything else. When you watch an animation by the Quay
Brothers you get this eerie feel. The music, the camera angles, the
cinematography is so different to anything else, that you are absorbed
into the story.

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Mikey
Please
Michael Please started off his directing career by ignoring the syllabus on
his BA special Effects course at University of the Arts London producing
several technically experimental narrative animated shorts. During his
second year of University he set up a team to create his first film, which
was a translation form a graphic novel that he had written. However his
breakthrough happened when he was studying his masters. This was
when the Eagleman Stag was created. This short film ended up premiering
at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, but also earning his BAFTA. Please is
currently working on his first feature length film Marilyn Miller. The story is
about a female sculptor whose works are frankly unpopular until she
starts destroying them, she subsequently finds a way of acting negatively
whilst getting positive results. Mikey Pleases other work is; Nine Types of
Light, The animation Tag Attack and Goodness, Newness, Oldness,
Badness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5K2HUg11sQ (The Eagleman Stag)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNUQ5oRkZbk (LightBox)
Awards
Annecy International Snimated film Festival 2011, Won Special
distinction The Eagleman Stag
Chicago Intenational Film Festival 2011, Won Best short Film The
Eagleman Stag
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2011, Won Press
award & Special Mention of the Jury The Eagleman Stag
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013, Won Best New British
Animation Marilyn Myller
Los Angeles Film Festival 2011, Won Best Animated Short, The
Eagleman Stag
BAFTA 2011, won Best short animation The Eagleman Stag

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