Cast & creator
Terence Nance
Best known for Space Jam: A New Legacy, Space Jam: A New Legacy, Space Jam: A New Legacy
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. 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. 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 "Random Acts of Flyness" debuted on HBO. In September 2018, Nance was announced as the director of the sequel of Space Jam, produced by Ryan Coogler. 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 Brainfeeder label.
Also known as: Terence Etc., Terence Etc, Ummah Chroma
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film credits
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television credits
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2007–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (121)
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Space Jam: A New Legacy
Executive Producer
2021Space Jam: A New Legacy
Screenplay
2021Space Jam: A New Legacy
Story
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Main Title Designer
2021
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025
Random Acts of Flyness
Terence
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Executive Producer
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Editor
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Writer
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Music
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Director
2018Random Acts of Flyness
Creator
2018
The Show About the Show
2015
The Young Wife
Music
2023The Young Wife
Original Music Composer
2023
Master
Executive Producer
2022
Selah and the Spades
Songs
2019Selah and the Spades
Executive Producer
2019
Madeline's Madeline
Thanks
2018
Downbeat
Carter
2026
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Director
2020Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
Writer
2020
The Show About the Show
Tony
2017
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
Christopher Bosh / Star Prince Akilobataar
2013
Solange: When I Get Home
Director
2019
Women Who Kill
Darren
2016
Pier Kids
Executive Producer
2019Lost & Found
2017
Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All
Director
2014Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All
Writer
2014
Sleep
Graphic Designer
2012
Evolution of a Criminal
Title Designer
2014
Afroprojection #1: The Sweet Atmosphere Phased at 120° and Went Blank When the Universe Collapsed
2018
Piu Piu
2018Piu Piu
Executive Producer
2018Piu Piu
Producer
2018
André 3000: New Blue Sun (Listening)
Director
2023
They Charge for the Sun
Screenplay
2016They Charge for the Sun
Director
2016
Steve
Executive Producer
2019
The Burial of Kojo
Associate Producer
2018The Burial of Kojo
Producer
2018Everything Absolutely
Director
2012House Date
Thanks
2015
Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Story
2019Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Editor
2019Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Director
2019Kamasi Washington - As Told To G/D Thyself
Sound Designer
2019
African Booty Scratcher
Lance
2007African Booty Scratcher
Music
2007
Pharoahe Monch - Clap (One Day)
Director
2011
The Dig - You And I and You
Editor
2015The Dig - You And I and You
Director
2015The Dig - You And I and You
Writer
2015Lost & Found
2017
Jimi Could Have Fallen from the Sky
Director
2017The Wreck Itself
2017
The Paris Project
2017The Paris Project
Executive Producer
2017
Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe
Editor
2010Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe
Screenplay
2010Blitz the Ambassador - Something to Believe
Director
2010
Cody ChesnuTT - Till I Met Thee
Director
2013
Swimming in Your Skin Again
Director
2015Swimming in Your Skin Again
Producer
201518 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $4 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2016
And Nothing Happened
Director of Photography
2016And Nothing Happened
Executive Producer
2016
Sweet Honey Chile'
Title Designer
2013
How Would You Feel?
2010How Would You Feel?
Editor
2010How Would You Feel?
Screenplay
2010How Would You Feel?
Producer
2010How Would You Feel?
Original Music Composer
2010How Would You Feel?
Director
2010
18 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are Thus Spiritual Machines: $1 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2014
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in Thy Name
Executive Producer
2021Out / Side of Time
Executive Producer
2021
Native Sun
Producer
2011Native Sun
Director
2011The Feeling You Get
Production Design
201118 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $2 in an edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2015Word?! I Didn't Know (__) Could Get Down Like That!
Editor
2008
Suicide by Sunlight
Executive Producer
2019
Ryann Holmes
Executive Producer
2016
White People Won't Save You
Director
201818 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $5 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
201718 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $6 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2017
Nick Hakim - Bet She Looks Like You
Director
2017
Moon Medicine - Moonrising
Director
2014Moon Medicine - Moonrising
Writer
201418 Black Boys Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and Are Thus Spiritual Machines: $7 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2019
Mélissa Laveaux - Postman
Director
2013
Blackout: John Burris Speaks
Director
2015Blackout: John Burris Speaks
Writer
201518 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
202018 Black Girls Ages 1-18 Who Have Arrived at the Singularity and are thus Spiritual Machines: $8 in an Edition of $97 Quadrillion
Director
2020
Guisado on Sunset
2019Guisado on Sunset
Editor
2019Guisado on Sunset
Writer
2019Guisado on Sunset
Director
2019Guisado on Sunset
Director of Photography
2019Exorcising Rejection
Director
2008
The Triptych
Director
2015
Univitellin
Director
2016Univitellin
Writer
2016Univitellin
Producer
2016
No Ward
Director
2009No Ward
Producer
2009No Ward
Editor
2009No Ward
Publicist
2009No Ward
Director of Photography
2009
Frenel
Director
2013Frenel
Writer
2013
Stumped
Thanks
2017
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
2012An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Director
2012An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Screenplay
2012An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Animation
2012An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Producer
2012An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Editor
2012