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.
Filmography
all 65
Movies 62
Director 32
Producer 10
TV Shows 3
self 1
New Blue Sun (2023)
The Young Wife (2023)
Master (2022)
Out / Side of Time (2021)
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
Killing in Thy Name (2021)
18 Black Girls and Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $9 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2020)
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2020)
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia (2020)
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2019)
Steve (2019)
Guisado on Sunset (2019)
Pier Kids: The Life (2019)
When I Get Home (2019)
Nowhere, Nobody (2019)
Selah and the Spades (2019)
As Told To G/D Thyself (2019)
Piu Piu (2018)
The Burial of Kojo (2018)
Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed (2018)
Madeline's Madeline (2018)
Random Acts of Flyness (2018)
White People Won't Save You (2018)
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2017)
The Paris Project (2017)
Lost & Found (2017)
Stumped (2017)
The Show About the Show (2017)
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2017)
Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky (2017)
The Wreck Itself (2017)
Lost & Found (2017)
Bet She Looks Like You (2017)
Ryann Holmes (2016)
They Charge For The Sun (2016)
Univitellin (2016)
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2016)
Women Who Kill (2016)
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $3 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion (2016)
And Nothing Happened (2016)
The Show About the Show (2015)
Swimming in Your Skin Again (2015)
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion (2015)
You and I and You (2015)
The Triptych (2015)
House Date (2015)
Their Fall Our All (2014)
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines: $1 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion (2014)
Evolution of a Criminal (2014)
Sweet Honey Chile' (2013)
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse (2013)
Moonrising (2013)
Frenel: A Milliner (2013)
Sleep (2012)
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012)
Everything Absolutely (2012)
Native Sun (2011)
Clap One Day (2011)
The Feeling You Get (2011)
Something To Believe In (2010)
How Would You Feel? (2010)
No Ward (2009)
Word?! I Didn't Know (__) Could Get Down Like That! (2008)
African Booty Scratcher (2007)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1982-02-10 (42 years old)
Birth PlaceDallas, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also Known AsTerence Etc., Terence Etc, Ummah Chroma
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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