Director
Terence Nance
February 10, 1982 · 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.
Often works with
Amy Seimetz
2 titles together
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia, Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
Solange
2 titles together
Solange: When I Get Home, Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
Caveh Zahedi
2 titles together
The Show About the Show, The Show About the Show
Dustin Guy Defa
2 titles together
The Show About the Show, The Show About the Show
Eléonore Hendricks
2 titles together
The Show About the Show, The Show About the Show
Emmy Harrington
2 titles together
The Show About the Show, The Show About the Show
Full filmography · 38
Downbeat
as Carter
2026
André 3000: New Blue Sun (Listening)
Director
202318 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
Director
2020
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Director and Writer
2020
Guisado on Sunset
cast and Writer and Director
2019
Solange: When I Get Home
Director
2019
Earl Sweatshirt: Nowhere, Nobody
Director
2019
Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Director
2019
Piu Piu
cast
2018
Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
cast
2018
White People Won't Save You
Director
2018
The Paris Project
cast
2017