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Terence Nance

Terence Nance

Known For Directing
Birthday Feb 10, 1982 (43)
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Mar 24, 2025
Entry Date Apr 27, 2024
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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 prod ... uced 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

Filmography

Women Who Kill

Women Who Kill

2016

as Darren

Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse

Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse

2013

as Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar

African Booty Scratcher

African Booty Scratcher

2007

as Lance

The Young Wife

The Young Wife

2023

Music

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021

Story, Screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

Main Title Designer

As Told To G/D Thyself

As Told To G/D Thyself

2019

Editor, Sound Designer, Story

Guisado on Sunset

Guisado on Sunset

2019

Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline

2018

Thanks

They Charge For The Sun

They Charge For The Sun

2016

Screenplay

And Nothing Happened

And Nothing Happened

2016

Director of Photography

House Date

House Date

2015

Thanks

Evolution of a Criminal

Evolution of a Criminal

2014

Title Designer

Sweet Honey Chile'

Sweet Honey Chile'

2013

Title Designer

The Feeling You Get

The Feeling You Get

2011

Production Design

How Would You Feel?

How Would You Feel?

2010

Original Music Composer, Editor, Screenplay

Something To Believe In

Something To Believe In

2010

Editor, Screenplay

No Ward

No Ward

2009

Editor, Publicist, Director of Photography

Nowhere, Nobody

Nowhere, Nobody

2019

Director

As Told To G/D Thyself

As Told To G/D Thyself

2019

Director

Guisado on Sunset

Guisado on Sunset

2019

Director

When I Get Home

When I Get Home

2019

Director

They Charge For The Sun

They Charge For The Sun

2016

Director

The Triptych

The Triptych

2015

Director

Everything Absolutely

Everything Absolutely

2012

Director

Native Sun

Native Sun

2011

Director

Clap One Day

Clap One Day

2011

Director

How Would You Feel?

How Would You Feel?

2010

Director

Something To Believe In

Something To Believe In

2010

Director

No Ward

No Ward

2009

Director

Master

Master

2022

Executive Producer

Space Jam: A New Legacy

Space Jam: A New Legacy

2021

Executive Producer

Killing in Thy Name

Killing in Thy Name

2021

Executive Producer

Out / Side of Time

Out / Side of Time

2021

Executive Producer

Selah and the Spades

Selah and the Spades

2019

Executive Producer

Steve

Steve

2019

Executive Producer

Pier Kids: The Life

Pier Kids: The Life

2019

Executive Producer

Piu Piu

Piu Piu

2018

Producer

Piu Piu

Piu Piu

2018

Executive Producer

The Paris Project

The Paris Project

2017

Executive Producer

And Nothing Happened

And Nothing Happened

2016

Executive Producer

Native Sun

Native Sun

2011

Producer

How Would You Feel?

How Would You Feel?

2010

Producer

No Ward

No Ward

2009

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Random Acts of Flyness

as Terence

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Aug 04, 2018

The Show About the Show

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 06, 2015

Lost & Found

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 20, 2017

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