Terence Nance (born February 10, 1982) is an American filmmaker, writer, director, actor and musician from

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. He is best known for his directing debut ''

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'', and as the creator of the avant-garde TV program ''

Random Acts of Flyness ''Random Acts of Flyness'' is an American late-night sketch comedy television series created by Terence Nance that premiered on August 4, 2018 on HBO. Additionally, Nance appears in each episode of the series which he also wrote, directed, and ex ...

'', which is produced by his production company MVMT and airs on

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Early life

Nance was born in

. He earned his MFA from

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where he studied visual art.

Career

Nance's 2012 film ''

'' incorporates an earlier short film, animation and an original score. It premiered in the

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's New Frontier section in 2012 and was also screened as part of the 2012

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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."Francis, Terri. "Close-Up Gallery: The Afrosurrealist Film Society." Black Camera 5.1 (2013): 209-219. Project MUSE. Web. 3 May. 2015. 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 ''

'' debuted on HBO. In September 2018, Nance was announced as the director of the sequel of ''

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'', produced by

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. 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

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label.

Personal life

Nance is in a relationship with

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. The two met while they interviewed him for

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, the creative agency owned by

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Filmography

Film

Short films

Television

Discography

Studio albums

* ''V O R T E X'' (2022)

EPs

* ''Things I Never Had'' (2020)

Accolades

References

External links

Official website
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