“Traveling through the layers of the heart, peeling back the dizziness of lust, catapulting you into the cauldron of desire and of heartache, and ultimately; obsessively exploring the self-reflection that grows […]

KALW contributor Kevin Robinson sat down with Terence Nance to discuss How Do You Feel, the short film that lead to to feature An Oversimplification of Her Beauty.

“The movie is goddess worship in a certain […]

Pamela Cohn interviewed Terence Nance for Still in Motion. She wrote:

“His debut feature is about a young man’s love for a young woman, a woman who also happens to be his very close friend—a vérité […]

“At once intimate and publicly self-aware, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty uses editing to emphasize the introspective nature of the film’s message.”

Read the Baristanet article about the An […]

Terence Nance introduces An Oversimplification of Her Beauty at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.  An Oversimplification of Her Beauty also screened during Sundance London. 

Photo via Sundance Institute Archives 

The Bold Italic – San Francisco asks director Terence Nance a few questions before he makes his way to the Bay for the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival. Check out what he has to say here!

“Visually, this film is stunningly beautiful. The cinematography of the live action is intimate as the relationship depicted hopes to be. The animation is a gorgeous and colorful cornucopia. You can see the […]

Check out this Santa Barbara Independent interview with director Terence Nance!

“This multimedia feature mixes film, animation, puppetry, home video, Japanese carpentry, book reviews, and more to explore loves […]

Imagine a self-indulgent, self-conscious, live-action romance exploring the pangs of unrequited young love in Brooklyn today. What a lame premise. Now imagine it deftly executed through animation, claymation […]

Shadow and Act interviewed Terence Nance as part of the “Finding the New Black” series. Read Terence’s reflections on making the film, black masculinity, his expectations for the film and future projects featuring […]

On Saturday, 4/24 AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY had its New York City premiere at the prestigious film festival, New Directors New Films. Screenings took place at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center […]

For this week. I have been trying to pull off a music video for Pharoahe Monche called black hand side. I get a little nervous before every shoot then I get there and the magic happens and when it’s done I’m […]

In case I haven’t mentioned it recently Blitz the Ambassador, James Bartlett and I Executive produced Native Sun and I really think you will enjoy it.

I am really excited about Native Sun, both the album and […]

There are several new interns working on the film I’m sure I will introduce you to them in the near future.

Volume 6 of the animation has been finished and I am really excited about that. An animator named […]

A DALLAS SON COMES HOME +
NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE
Family! We have so much exciting news to share with you! Our work certainly didn’t end in Park City, UT at Sundance. The production team has been working 24/7 […]

Media MVMT is looking for a dynamic intern interested in various aspects of media production. Media MVMT is a Brooklyn-based film production company focusing on both short and feature-length projects. The intern […]

For years, the Cleveland International Film Festival has spotlighted diversity through a wide array of films about minorities, gays and lesbians, oppressed women and people willing to stand up for social-justice […]

You’re not supposed to begin an essay with a digression, but since the film I’m about to write about is a deceptive concatenation of digressions, it somehow seems appropriate to break the unspoken rule. Read more…

Watching Terence Nance’s Oversimplification Of Her Beauty is like being talked through the contents of a shoebox, each item another memento of The One That Got Away. Live action, animation, claymation […]

The Sundance Institute will, for the first time, present live music nightly in the Park City, Utah, art gallery space converted into the ASCAP Music Café concert hall for afternoon performances. At least two […]