Terence Nance

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Terence Nance
Born (1982-02-10) February 10, 1982 (age 42)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater New York University
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • writer
  • director
  • actor
  • musician
Years active2007–present

Terence Nance (born February 10, 1982) is an American filmmaker, writer, director, actor and musician from Dallas, Texas. [1] [2] He is best known for his directing debut An Oversimplification of Her Beauty , and as the creator of the avant-garde TV program Random Acts of Flyness , which is produced by his production company MVMT and airs on HBO.

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Early life

Nance was born in Dallas, Texas. He earned his MFA from New York University where he studied visual art. [3]

Career

Nance's 2012 film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty incorporates an earlier short film, animation and an original score. [4] 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. [5] 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." [6] The film was also featured at a screening as part of the Afrofuturist Film Festival at the New School on 3 May 2015. [7]

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 to Space Jam , produced by Ryan Coogler. [8] 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 [9] ", though he retained both screenwriting and executive producing credits. [10]

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. [11]

Personal life

Nance lives in Baltimore, MD. [12]

Nance was in a relationship with Naima Ramos-Chapman. The two met when Naima interviewed him for Saint Heron, the creative agency owned by Solange Knowles. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerActorRoleNotes
2009No WardYesYesDocumentary
2012 An Oversimplification of Her Beauty YesYesYesYesHimselfAlso editor and animator
2016 Women Who Kill YesDarren
2018 The Burial of Kojo Yes
2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy YesExecutiveReplaced as director by Malcolm D. Lee

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerActorRoleNotes
2010How Would You Feel?YesYesYes
2011Native SunYesYes
2015Swimming in Your Skin AgainYesYes
2016UnivitellinYesYesYes
They Charge for the SunYesYes
2017The Paris ProjectCo-producerYesMichael Wynton
2018Piu PiuExecutiveYesHimself
Nowhere, NobodyYesYesCo-directed with Naima Ramos-Chapman [14]

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer
ActorRoleNotes
2015–17The Show About the ShowYesTony
2017Lost & FoundYesJonathan
2018–present Random Acts of Flyness YesYesYesYesHimselfAlso creator, composer and editor

Discography

Accolades

YearCeremonyCategoryResult
2014 Guggenheim Fellowship Creative ArtsRecipient
2018 United States Artists (USA) FellowshipFilmRecipient

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