Terry Blade (born 1986) is an American filmmaker, multimedia artist, composer, singer-songwriter, and author. He is the founder of Blade Arthouse Media, through which he produces experimental films, documentaries, animation, music videos, and interdisciplinary visual works. His filmmaking combines archival and licensed imagery, audiovisual collage, movement, and music to explore Black cultural history, masculinity, sexuality, gender, identity, and representation. His directorial works include the experimental documentary My Gender Is Black (2026), the screendance film Body of Glass (2026), the animated music video Mimesis (2026), and the experimental short Whirling Dervish (2026). My Gender Is Black received festival selections at the Burbank International Film Festival, Chelsea Film Festival, and Oslo/Fusion. Its trailer won a Gold Dolphin at the 2026 Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards and Best Trailer at Melbourne WebFest. Body of Glass won Best Dance Short at the 2026 New Renaissance Film Festival in London, while Mimesis received the Silver Award for Music Video at the Australian Effects & Animation Festival. Blade's wider creative practice encompasses original music, sound production, advertising, photography, and literature. He is also the author of Of Bloodlines and Blue Notes (2026), a collection of lyrics, album notes, and critical essays examining Black American musical history and cultural identity.
