Terence Nance

Directing·Feb 10, 1982·Dallas, Texas, USA

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Terence Nance (born February 10, 1982; Dallas, Texas) is an American filmmaker, writer, director, actor and musician. He is best known for his directing debut "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" (2012), and as the creator of the avant-garde TV program "Random Acts of Flyness" (2018), which is produced by his production company MVMT and airs on HBO. Nance is in a relationship with Naima Ramos-Chapman. The two met while they interviewed him for Saint Heron, the creative agency owned by Solange Knowles. Nance was born in Dallas, Texas. He earned his MFA from New York University where he studied visual art. Nance's 2012 film "An Oversimplification of Her Beauty" incorporates an earlier short film, animation and an original score. It premiered in the Sundance Film Festival's New Frontier section in 2012 and was also screened as part of the 2012 New Directors/New Films Festival in New York. Scholar Terri Francis has described it as "...an experimental film...that recreates the unspoken space amid friendship and relationships". Starring Terence Nance himself and the girl with whom he is caught up in this difficult dance, the film shifts between reconstruction and reimagining using both animation and live action. The film was also featured at a screening as part of the Afrofuturist Film Festival at the New School on 3 May 2015. In August 2018, Nance's TV series "Random Acts of Flyness" debuted on HBO. In September 2018, Nance was announced as the director of the sequel of Space Jam, produced by Ryan Coogler. On July 16, 2019, it was announced that Nance left the project because he and "the studio/producers had different takes on the creative vision for Space Jam: A New Legacy", though he retained both screenwriting and executive producing credits. Nance also composes and performs music under the alias "Terence Etc.", composing some of the music for his "Random Acts of Flyness" series and releasing his debut EP "Things I Never Had" in January 2020. His debut full-length album "V O R T E X" was released on August 19, 2022 under the Brainfeeder label.

Film	Credit
Downbeat2026 · Carter	Carter
André 3000: New Blue Sun (Listening)2023 · Director	Director
Space Jam: A New Legacy2021 · Screenplay	Screenplay
118 Black Girls and Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $9 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2020 · Director	Director
118 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2020 · Director	Director
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia2020 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
118 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2019 · Director	Director
Guisado on Sunset2019 · Actor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Actor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Solange: When I Get Home2019 · Director	Director
Earl Sweatshirt: Nowhere, Nobody2019 · Director	Director
Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself2019 · Director	Director
Piu Piu2018 · Actor, Producer	Actor, Producer
Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed2018 · Actor	Actor
The Burial of Kojo2018 · Producer	Producer
White People Won't Save You2018 · Director	Director
118 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2017 · Director	Director
The Paris Project2017 · Actor	Actor
The Show About the Show2017 · Tony	Tony
118 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2017 · Director	Director
Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky2017 · Director	Director
LLost & Found2017 · Actor	Actor
TThe Wreck Itself2017 · Actor	Actor
Nick Hakim - Bet She Looks Like You2017 · Director	Director
They Charge for the Sun2016 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Univitellin2016 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
118 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion2016 · Director	Director
Women Who Kill2016 · Darren	Darren
And Nothing Happened2016 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Swimming in Your Skin Again2015 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Blackout: John Burris Speaks2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
118 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion2015 · Director	Director
The Dig - You And I and You2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Triptych2015 · Director	Director
Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines: $1 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion2014 · Director	Director
Moon Medicine - Moonrising2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse2013 · Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar	Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
Cody ChesnuTT - Till I Met Thee2013 · Director	Director
Mélissa Laveaux - Postman2013 · Director	Director
Frenel2013 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty2012 · Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer	Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
EEverything Absolutely2012 · Director	Director
Native Sun2011 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)2011 · Director	Director
Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
How Would You Feel?2010 · Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer	Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer
No Ward2009 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
EExorcising Rejection2008 · Director	Director