
Terence Nance
DirectorProducerWriter
- Awards
- 4 wins, 19 nominations
Terence Nance was born in Dallas, Texas in what was then referred to as the State-Thomas community. Nance learned person-hood there. Nance's first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was released theatrically in 2013. Nance's most…
Biography
Director
New Blue Sun (Listening)(2023) |
Random Acts of Flyness(2018) |
Guisado on Sunset(2020) |
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia(2020) |
When I Get Home(2019) |
Writer
Random Acts of Flyness(2018) |
Space Jam: A New Legacy(2021) |
Guisado on Sunset(2020) |
Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia(2020) |
As Told To G/D Thyself(2019) |
Actor
Downbeat(2026)as Carter |
Random Acts of Flyness(2018)as Terence Nance |
| Armonia(2020) |
Guisado on Sunset(2020) |
Piu Piu(2018) |
Producer
New Blue Sun (Listening)(2023) |
Seeking: Mapping Our Gullah Geechee Story(2023) |
Random Acts of Flyness(2018) |
Master(2022) |
OUT/SIDE OF TIME(2021) |
Composer
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty(2012) |
How Would You Feel?(2010) |
African Booty Scratcher(2007) |
Cinematographer
And Nothing Happened(2016) |
Editor
Random Acts of Flyness(2018) |
Guisado on Sunset(2020) |
As Told To G/D Thyself(2019) |
You and I and You(2015) |
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty(2012) |
Production Designer
| The Feeling You Get(2011) |
Art Department
Independent Lens(1999) |
Visual Effects
Sleep(2012) |
Animation Department
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty(2012) |
Editorial Department
Sweet Honey Chile'(2013) |
Music Department
Random Acts of Flyness(2018) |
Anthology(2013) |
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty(2012) |
Additional Crew
Judas and the Black Messiah(2021) |
No Ward(2009) |
Thanks
Madeline's Madeline(2018) |
Stumped(2017) |
House Date(2015) |
Soundtrack
Selah and the Spades(2019) |
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty(2012) |
Self
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television(2025)as Self |
For the Culture with Amanda Parris(2024)as Self |
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso(2016)as Self |
Kaleidoscope Stories(2019)as Self |
| Stories of the Year(2019)as Self |
Known for
Credit Score: Terence Nance
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Random Acts of Flyness | 3.25 | 2018 | • | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 853 | ||
| 2 | An Oversimplification of Her Beauty | 2.50 | 2013 | • | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 840 |


































