Terence Nance
Directing
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
Directing37
movieGuisado on Sunset
2019
Director
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018
Director
movieThey Charge for the Sun
2016
Director
movieUnivitellin
2016
Director
movieThe Triptych
2015
Director
movieFrenel
2013
Director
movieNative Sun
2011
Director
movieHow Would You Feel?
2010
Director
movieNo Ward
2009
Director
Production20
movieMaster
2022
Executive Producer
Out / Side of Time
2021
Executive Producer
movieSpace Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Executive Producer
movieRage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name
2021
Executive Producer
movieSteve
2019
Executive Producer
moviePier Kids
2019
Executive Producer
movieSelah and the Spades
2019
Executive Producer
movieSuicide by Sunlight
2019
Executive Producer
moviePiu Piu
2018
Executive Producer, Producer
movieThe Burial of Kojo
2018
Associate Producer, Producer
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018
Executive Producer
movieThe Paris Project
2017
Executive Producer
movieRyann Holmes
2016
Executive Producer
movieUnivitellin
2016
Producer
movieAnd Nothing Happened
2016
Executive Producer
movieNative Sun
2011
Producer
movieHow Would You Feel?
2010
Producer
movieNo Ward
2009
Producer, Publicist
Acting17
movieDownbeat
2026
Carter
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018
Terence
movieWomen Who Kill
2016
Darren
movieAdventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013
Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
Writing15
movieSpace Jam: A New Legacy
2021
Screenplay, Story
movieThey Charge for the Sun
2016
Screenplay
movieUnivitellin
2016
Writer
movieFrenel
2013
Writer
movieHow Would You Feel?
2010
Screenplay
Editing9
movieNo Ward
2009
Editor
Sound6
movieThe Young Wife
2023
Music, Original Music Composer
movieKamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
2019
Sound Designer
movieHow Would You Feel?
2010
Original Music Composer
Art5
movieJudas and the Black Messiah
2021
Main Title Designer
movieEvolution of a Criminal
2014
Title Designer
movieSweet Honey Chile'
2013
Title Designer
movieSleep
2012
Graphic Designer
The Feeling You Get
2011
Production Design
Camera3
movieGuisado on Sunset
2019
Director of Photography
movieAnd Nothing Happened
2016
Director of Photography
movieNo Ward
2009
Director of Photography
Crew3
Creator1
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018
Creator