- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 10, 1982
- Place of Birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Terence Nance
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…
Filmography
movieDownbeat
2026 · Carter
tvSeen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025 · Self
movieAndré 3000: New Blue Sun (Listening)
2023 · Director
movieThe Young Wife
2023 · Music, Original Music Composer
movieMaster
2022 · Executive Producer
Out / Side of Time
movieOut / Side of Time
2021 · Executive Producer
movieSpace Jam: A New Legacy
2021 · Executive Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieJudas and the Black Messiah
2021 · Main Title Designer
movieRage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name
2021 · Executive Producer
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
movie18 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 · Director
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2020 · Director
movieOmniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
2020 · Director, Writer
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2019 · Director
movieSteve
2019 · Executive Producer
movieGuisado on Sunset
2019 · , Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
moviePier Kids
2019 · Executive Producer
movieSolange: When I Get Home
2019 · Director
movieEarl Sweatshirt: Nowhere, Nobody
2019 · Director
movieSelah and the Spades
2019 · Songs, Executive Producer
movieKamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
2019 · Director, Story, Editor, Sound Designer
movieSuicide by Sunlight
2019 · Executive Producer
moviePiu Piu
2018 · , Producer, Executive Producer
movieAfroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
2018
movieThe Burial of Kojo
2018 · Associate Producer
movieMadeline's Madeline
2018 · Thanks
tvRandom Acts of Flyness
2018 · Terence, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Music, Editor, Creator
movieWhite People Won't Save You
2018 · Director
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2017 · Director
movieThe Paris Project
2017 · , Executive Producer
Lost & Found
tvLost & Found
2017
movieStumped
2017 · Thanks
movieThe Show About the Show
2017 · Tony
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2017 · Director
movieJimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky
2017 · Director
Lost & Found
movieLost & Found
2017
The Wreck Itself
movieThe Wreck Itself
2017
movieNick Hakim - Bet She Looks Like You
2017 · Director
movieRyann Holmes
2016 · Executive Producer
movieThey Charge for the Sun
2016 · Screenplay, Director
movieUnivitellin
2016 · Writer, Director, Producer
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2016 · Director
movieWomen Who Kill
2016 · Darren
movieAnd Nothing Happened
2016 · Executive Producer, Director of Photography
tvThe Show About the Show
2015
movieSwimming in Your Skin Again
2015 · Director, Producer
movieBlackout: John Burris Speaks
2015 · Director, Writer
18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion
movie18 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion
2015 · Director
movieThe Dig - You And I and You
2015 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieThe Triptych
2015 · Director
House Date
movieHouse Date
2015 · Thanks
movieBeyoncé - Their Fall Our All
2014 · Director, Writer
movie18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines: $1 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion
2014 · Director
movieEvolution of a Criminal
2014 · Title Designer
movieMoon Medicine - Moonrising
2014 · Director, Writer
movieAdventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013 · Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
movieSweet Honey Chile'
2013 · Title Designer
movieCody ChesnuTT - Till I Met Thee
2013 · Director
movieMélissa Laveaux - Postman
2013 · Director
movieFrenel
2013 · Director, Writer
movieSleep
2012 · Graphic Designer
movieAn Oversimplification of Her Beauty
2012 · , Director, Screenplay, Animation, Producer, Editor
Everything Absolutely
movieEverything Absolutely
2012 · Director
movieNative Sun
2011 · Director, Producer
moviePharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)
2011 · Director
The Feeling You Get
movieThe Feeling You Get
2011 · Production Design
movieBlitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe
2010 · Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieHow Would You Feel?
2010 · , Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer, Editor
movieNo Ward
2009 · Director, Producer, Editor, Publicist, Director of Photography
Exorcising Rejection
movieExorcising Rejection
2008 · Director
Word?! I Didn't Know (__) Could Get Down Like That!
movieWord?! I Didn't Know (__) Could Get Down Like That!
2008 · Editor
movieAfrican Booty Scratcher
2007 · Lance, Music