Terence Nance

Terence Nance

Born: February 10, 1982
in Dallas, Texas, USA
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.

Movies for Terence Nance...

Guisado on Sunset
Title: Guisado on Sunset
Released: August 4, 2019
Type: Movie
Missed connection regret at that one late-night spot—the kind you keep playing back in your head but not quite ever remembering right, until it starts to look like something else.
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Piu Piu
Title: Piu Piu
Released: November 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A restless young woman yearns to escape the confines of romance in order to find her superpower.
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Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
Title: Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
Released: October 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Afroprojection #1: The Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When The Universe Collapsed, a proposal on parallel dimensions and black psychiatry... ‘live’ from the Merciful Allah Black Hole Theatre
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Title: Random Acts of Flyness
Character: Terence
Released: August 4, 2018
Type: TV
Late-night series featuring a mix of vérité documentary, musical performances, surrealist melodrama and humorous animation as a stream-of-consciousness response to the contemporary American mediascape.
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The Paris Project
Title: The Paris Project
Released: August 9, 2017
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn based artist moves to Paris to get married and start a new life. As an old life of crime catches up to him, he enters the depths of Paris' underground art and spiritual drug scenes to settle a score.
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Title: Lost & Found
Released: April 20, 2017
Type: TV
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The Show About the Show
Title: The Show About the Show
Character: Tony
Released: March 17, 2017
Type: Movie
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
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Lost & Found
Title: Lost & Found
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A look at modern relationships and the many forms they take. Stella and Ian have an unwedding ceremony to honor what they’ve shared coming to an end. This is the catalyst for a group of 30-somethings now forced to examine their own unraveling lives and challenging dreams.
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The Wreck Itself
Title: The Wreck Itself
Released: January 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Two lives intersect in a dream. We have come to explore the wreck, the thing itself, and not the myth.
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Women Who Kill
Title: Women Who Kill
Character: Darren
Released: July 27, 2016
Type: Movie
Morgan and Jean work well together as true crime podcasters because they didn’t work well, at all, as a couple. However, when Morgan strikes up a new relationship with the mysterious Simone, their shared interest turns into suspicion, paranoia, and fear.
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Title: The Show About the Show
Released: October 6, 2015
Type: TV
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.
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Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
Title: Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
Character: Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
Released: April 13, 2013
Type: Movie
'Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse' is the true story behind the notorious Miami face-eating cannibal and how the Miami Heat won the NBA title in 2012 despite one of their star players being an interstellar prince who was called away to do battle with evil foes bent on finally making the Internet completely useless.
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Title: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Released: January 30, 2012
Type: Movie
A quixotic artist hypothesizes about why he feels bad when a mystery girl stands him up. The event prompts him to ask: what's the content of a momentary feeling? Is it the sum of your experiences? And perhaps more importantly, are your experiences the sum of you?
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African Booty Scratcher
Title: African Booty Scratcher
Character: Lance
Released: October 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Prom nears and things seem to be spiraling out of control for the typically composed Isatu. In this coming of age story, West African tradition conflicts with American idealism as Isatu is forced to reassess her idea of the perfect dress.