Terence Lee Cover

Born in 1983 in the tiny redneck Ohio village of Mount Gilead Terence was destined for rural living Thankfully in high school he realized he loved filmmaking while working on video projects for various classes At 18 he moved out got married and became a manager of the local movie theatre in a slightly larger redneck Ohio town At 21 he divorced his wife quit his job and finally went to film school Terence attended The Motion Picture Institute of Michigan while still living in Ohio He drove 7 hours round trip 3 days a week to attend there and worked at a small ice cream shop in Mount Gilead to pay for his first 16mm short film An Exercise In Narcissism After graduating MPI in September of 2005 he finally moved to Michigan to begin his career in the film industry Hes worked on films of every caliber ranging from short nobudget horror films with no script shot on VHS to several hundred thousand dollar feature films shot on 35mm film Hes also been known to get gigs as a casting PA on a network and cable channel reality shows when theyre casting in the Detroit area Hes held every position at every step in the filmmaking process at least once whether it be Production Assistant or Director Though primarily an editor his directorial debut An Exercise In Narcissism has played in film festivals as far away as Berlin Germany and continues to find venues to play in In addition to being an awardwinning filmmaker he is a published poet and an accomplished sculptor whose pieces have appeared in several Detroit gallery shows