Terry N. Barnes II was born and raised in South East Washington D.C. and later moved to New Bern N.C. were he graduated for high school in 1993. After a year at East Carolina University, Terry joined the USAF and fulfilled his military service commitment after 8 1/2 years with an honorable discharge. In the military is where Terry found his love for film and attended School of Communication Arts in Raleigh, N.C., receiving a Associates in Digital Filmmaking. As a student produce, TV shows, commercials, music video, live events and short films, independently and for the public access television network. After graduation, Terry produced a documentary in his hometown following the local high school team, that made history and were he received a Proclamation from the Mayor in 2014. Wanting to continue his film education, Terry attended Full Sail University, graduation with a bachelor's in film in 2017. Terry currently lives in Atlanta GA, were he continues to independently write, produce and direct, music videos, shorts and feature films under his production company NDO FiLMz.