Terence Nance

Terence Nance

Dallas, Texas
Director Writer

Terence Nance is an American artist, musician and film director. He was born in Dallas, Texas in what was then referred to as the State-Thomas community. Nance learned person-hood there. Nance's first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2013. Nance's most recent films, Swimming in Your Skin Again and Univitillen, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and the 2016 New York Film Festival, respectively. In 2017, Nance premiered a performance piece, 18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines at Sundance.

Known For

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
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★ 6.3
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
2012
Space Jam: A New Legacy
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★ 4.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021
They Charge for the Sun
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★ 6.2
They Charge for the Sun
2016
Random Acts of Flyness
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★ 6.9
Random Acts of Flyness
2018

Filmography

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★ 9.3
Downbeat
2026 Actor
Carter
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For the Culture with Amanda Parris
2024 Self
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★ 7.9
New Blue Sun (Listening)
2023 Director
Space Jam: A New Legacy
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★ 4.5
Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021 Writer
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
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★ 5.4
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
2020 Director Writer
Guisado on Sunset
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Guisado on Sunset
2020 Actor Director Writer
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Armonia
2020 Actor
When I Get Home
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★ 7.2
When I Get Home
2019 Director
As Told To G/D Thyself
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★ 7.8
As Told To G/D Thyself
2019 Director Writer
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Stories of the Year
2019 Self
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The 78th Annual Peabody Awards
2019 Self
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Kaleidoscope Stories
2019 Self
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Dreamweavers: In Conversation
2019 Self
Random Acts of Flyness
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★ 6.9
Random Acts of Flyness
2018 Actor Writer Director
Terence Nance
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Piu Piu
2018 Actor
Jimi Fell from the Sky
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★ 6.1
Jimi Fell from the Sky
2017 Director
18 Black Girls / Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $X in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
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★ 6.5
18 Black Girls / Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $X in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
2017 Director
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★ 8.0
The Paris Project
2017 Actor
Michael Wynton
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The Wreck Itself
2017 Actor
Univitellin
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★ 6.5
Univitellin
2016 Director Writer
And Nothing Happened
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★ 6.3
And Nothing Happened
2016 Cinematographer
They Charge for the Sun
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★ 6.2
They Charge for the Sun
2016 Director Writer
Swimming in Your Skin Again
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★ 5.9
Swimming in Your Skin Again
2015 Director
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★ 6.3
You and I and You
2015 Director Writer
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The Triptych
2015 Director
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Blackout: John Burris Speaks
2015 Director
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★ 4.7
Their Fall Our All
2014 Director
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Moonrising
2014 Director Writer
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★ 5.9
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013 Actor
Star Prince Akilobataar
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Frenel
2013 Director
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
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★ 6.3
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
2012 Actor Director Writer Composer
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Everything Absolutely
2012 Director
Native Sun
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★ 5.6
Native Sun
2011 Director
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★ 7.0
How Would You Feel?
2010 Director Writer Composer
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Blitz the Ambassador: Something To Believe In
2010 Director Writer
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★ 6.3
No Ward
2009 Director
African Booty Scratcher
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★ 6.5
African Booty Scratcher
2007 Actor Composer
Lance
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