Terence Nance
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-02-10 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Terence Nance
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
(2018)
(2018)
(2017)
(2017)
The Show About the Show
as Tony
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Women Who Kill
as Darren
(2013)
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
as Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
(2012)
(2010)
(2007)
African Booty Scratcher
as Lance
Crew
(2023)
(2023)
The Young Wife
Music
(2022)
Master
Executive Producer
(2021)
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Executive Producer, Screenplay, Story
(2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah
Main Title Designer
(2021)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name
Executive Producer
(2021)
Out / Side of Time
Executive Producer
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Director, Writer
(2019)
Earl Sweatshirt: Nowhere, Nobody
Director
(2019)
Pier Kids: The Life
Executive Producer
(2019)
Steve
Executive Producer
(2019)
Guisado on Sunset
Editor, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
(2019)
Selah and the Spades
Songs, Executive Producer
(2019)
Solange - When I Get Home
Director
(2019)
Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Story, Editor, Director, Sound Designer
(2019)
(2018)
Madeline's Madeline
Thanks
(2018)
Piu Piu
Executive Producer, Producer
(2018)
The Burial of Kojo
Associate Producer, Producer
(2018)
White People Won't Save You
Director
(2017)
(2017)
(2017)
Stumped
Thanks
(2017)
The Paris Project
Executive Producer
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Ryann Holmes
Executive Producer
(2016)
They Charge for the Sun
Screenplay, Director
(2016)
Univitellin
Director, Writer, Producer
(2016)
And Nothing Happened
Director of Photography, Executive Producer
(2016)
(2016)
(2015)
Swimming in Your Skin Again
Director, Producer
(2015)
The Triptych
Director
(2015)
House Date
Thanks
(2015)
(2015)
The Dig - You And I and You
Editor, Director, Writer
(2015)
Blackout: John Burris Speaks
Director, Writer
(2014)
Moon Medicine - Moonrising
Director, Writer
(2014)
Evolution of a Criminal
Title Designer
(2014)
(2014)
Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All
Director, Writer
(2013)
Frenel
Director, Writer
(2013)
Sweet Honey Chile'
Title Designer
(2013)
Mélissa Laveaux - Postman
Director
(2013)
Cody ChesnuTT - Till I Met Thee
Director
(2012)
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Director, Screenplay, Animation, Producer, Editor
(2012)
Everything Absolutely
Director
(2012)
Sleep
Graphic Designer
(2011)
Native Sun
Producer, Director
(2011)
Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)
Director
(2011)
The Feeling You Get
Production Design
(2010)
Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe
Editor, Screenplay, Director
(2010)
How Would You Feel?
Editor, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director
(2009)
No Ward
Director, Producer, Editor, Publicist, Director of Photography
(2008)
(2008)
Exorcising Rejection
Director
(2007)