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Terence Nance

Terence Nance is an Artist, Musician, and Filmmaker born in Dallas, Texas in what was then referred to as the State-Thomas community. Nance wrote, directed, scored, and starred in his first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2013. In 2014, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow. In the summer of 2018, Terence’s Peabody award-winning television series Random Acts of Flyness debuted on HBO to great critical acclaim, and was renewed for a second season by the network. His latest release as a musician, Vortex+, came out in early 2025.

Love the Thing That It’s Doing

Terence Nance looks back at his experiences at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and has much to ponder on ...

September 26, 2025

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks with Flying Lotus (Kuso) for the Talkhouse Podcast

As his wild debut feature hits screens, FlyLo chops it up with an old friend, Talkhouse favorite and fellow filmmaker/musician Nance.

Underrated/Overlooked: Terence Nance on Aquarius

Channeling Claudia Rankine, Talkhouse Film's poet laureate Terence Nance looks at the present moment through one of the finest films of 2016.

January 13, 2017

Queen of Katwe Is a Movie You Should Be Supporting. Why Are People Not Seeing It?

Terence Nance on Mira Nair's Disney movie about a young Ugandan chess prodigy, a film that's as uplifting as it promises to be.

December 23, 2016

Queen of Katwe Is a Movie You Should Be Supporting. Why Are People Not Seeing It?

Terence Nance on Mira Nair's Disney movie about a young Ugandan chess prodigy, a film that's as uplifting as it promises to be.

October 10, 2016

Terence Nance Talks with Michel Gondry for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

Filmmaker and regular Talkhouse Film contributor Nance talks with one of his cinematic idols about movies, music, relationships and more.

Terence Nance on Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople (and the Problem with Masterpieces)

Nance writes about the charming new film from one of his favorite current directors, and suggests the ideal order to watch Waititi's filmography.

July 1, 2016

Terence Nance on Why Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan is Essential Viewing

A film with Sri Lankan protagonists set in France is the answer to so much, you should have already seen it before starting to read this...

May 20, 2016

In Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle Goes 19 Rounds with the System for the T.K.O.

Terence Nance watches actor-turned-director Cheadle battle the white supremacist movie industry / machine / system to get his passion project made.

April 14, 2016

“It Got One Star, for the Cat”: Filmmakers Choose More of Their Favorite Negative User Reviews

It's no fun to read a major critic tear down your vision, but it's sometimes a different matter when the writer is a trolling internet commenter...

White Angel / White Devil

Terence Nance presents an abstract for an academic paper to be published in the Fall 2019 edition of 'Black Future Lies.'

March 11, 2016