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Terence Nance

Born
1982-02-10
Birthplace
Dallas,
Texas
USA
Born
1982-02-10
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas
USA
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" (20......

Profile of Terence Nance

Terence Nance

Born
1982-02-10
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas
USA
Born
1982-02-10
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas
USA
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.

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Space Jam: A New Legacy poster

2021

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Judas and the Black Messiah poster

2021

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Master poster

2022

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Random Acts of Flyness poster

2018

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Madeline's Madeline poster

2018

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Selah and the Spades poster

2019

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Women Who Kill poster

2016

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Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television poster

2025

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The Burial of Kojo poster

2018

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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty poster

2012

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Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia poster

2020

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Evolution of a Criminal poster

2014

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Univitellin poster

2016

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The Young Wife poster

2023

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Native Sun poster

2011

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Suicide by Sunlight poster

2019

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Solange: When I Get Home poster

2019

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Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse poster

2013

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And Nothing Happened poster

2016

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The Show About the Show poster

2015

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Pier Kids poster

2019

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Swimming in Your Skin Again poster

2015

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The Show About the Show poster

2017

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Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed poster

2018

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André 3000: New Blue Sun (Listening) poster

2023

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Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All poster

2014

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No Ward poster

2009

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Rage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name poster

2021

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Sleep poster

2012

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White People Won't Save You poster

2018

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The Dig - You And I and You poster

2015

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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 poster

2020

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Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky poster

2017

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Downbeat poster

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Lost & Found poster

2017

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Lost & Found poster

2017

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African Booty Scratcher poster

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Earl Sweatshirt: Nowhere, Nobody poster

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Moon Medicine - Moonrising poster

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Piu Piu poster

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Guisado on Sunset poster

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They Charge for the Sun poster

2016

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Everything Absolutely poster

2012

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Ryann Holmes poster

2016

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Stumped poster

2017

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The Wreck Itself poster

2017

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18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

2019

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The Triptych poster

2015

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House Date poster

2015

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Steve poster

2019

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Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself poster

2019

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Frenel poster

2013

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Nick Hakim - Bet She Looks Like You poster

2017

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Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day) poster

2011

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How Would You Feel? poster

2010

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Word?! I Didn't Know (__) Could Get Down Like That! poster

2008

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The Paris Project poster

2017

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Mélissa Laveaux - Postman poster

2013

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18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

2017

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Out / Side of Time poster

2021

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Sweet Honey Chile' poster

2013

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18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

2015

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Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe poster

2010

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Exorcising Rejection poster

2008

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18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines: $1 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

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18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

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Cody ChesnuTT - Till I Met Thee poster

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18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

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18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion poster

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Blackout: John Burris Speaks poster

2015

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The Feeling You Get poster

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