Terence Nance

Terence Nance
Born 1982 (age 35–36)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater New York University
Occupation
  • Filmmaker
  • writer
  • musician
Years active 2007–present

Terence Nance (born 1982) is an American artist, musician and film director from Dallas, Texas.[1] He is best known for his directing debut An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, and as the creator of HBO's sketch show Random Acts of Flyness.

Early life and education

Nance was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from New York University where he studied visual art.[2]

Career

Nance's 2012 film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty incorporates an earlier short film, animation and an original score.[3] 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.[4] 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." [5] The film was also featured at a screening as part of the Afrofuturist Film Festival at the New School on 3 May 2015.[6]

In August 2018, Nance's TV series Random Acts of Flyness debuted on HBO.

Nance was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014.[7]

In September 2018, Nance was announced as the director of the sequel of Space Jam.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise". bam.org. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Macaulay, Scott. "Terence Nance". Filmmaker. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Terence Nance". Filmmaker. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "2012 New Directors/New Films Full Lineup Announced!". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Close-Up Gallery: The Afrosurrealist Film Society". Retrieved 3 January 2017. Francis, Terri. "Close-Up Gallery: The Afrosurrealist Film Society." Black Camera 5.1 (2013): 209-219. Project MUSE. Web. 3 May. 2015.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  7. ↑ "Terence Nance". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. ↑ Guthrie, Marisa (September 19, 2018). "LeBron James Sets 'Black Panther's' Ryan Coogler to Produce 'Space Jam' Sequel (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
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