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.

By Terence Nance, Michel Gondry, and Talkhouse Podcast

6:00 AM EDT on July 7, 2016

On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Film podcast, filmmaker and regular Talkhouse Film contributor Terence Nance sits down for an intimate conversation with one of his favorite directors, Michel Gondry, whose latest film, Microbe and Gasoline, is in theaters now. The two discuss a variety of topics – including deep dives into music and romantic relationships, as well as film – and touch on such topics as the secret to Dave Chapelle's comic genius and to Noam Chomsky's romantic appeal, how Gondry played the drums with Paul McCartney and Kanye West, Gondry's fear of jokes and his love of the word "both,” and much more. For more filmmakers talking film and TV, visit Talkhouse Film at thetalkhouse.com/film.

The music featured in the podcast is as follows:
1. Intro / outro underscore: “Plastic Man vs. The Giant Red Phase Of The Sun” – Iced Ink

Episode engineered and edited by Elia Einhorn

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.

Michel Gondry

Academy Award-winning writer-director Michel Gondry began his career directing music videos for artists including Daft Punk, Beck, Radiohead, Paul McCartney and The White Stripes. Since his debut film Human Nature, Gondry has gone on to direct The Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind, The Green Hornet, The We and the I and Mood Indigo, and the documentaries Dave Chapelle's Block Party, The Thorn in the Heart and Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?. His second feature film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, earned Gondry an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Gondry's latest film, Microbe and Gasoline, is in theaters now.

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