Jessica Beshir
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Jessica Beshir
Biography
Jessica Beshir is a Mexican-Ethiopian documentary filmmaker, producer and cinematographer based in Brooklyn. She graduated in Film Studies and Literature at UCLA, after which she made several internationally acclaimed short films. The short documentary He Who Dances on Wood (2016) was selected for Hot Docs and won Best International Documentary Short at Edmonton Film Festival and the Jury Award at Anchorage International Film Festival. Hairat (2017) premiered at Sundance, was screened at IFFR and IDFA and won several awards at various other festivals. Beshir is a recipient of the Sundance Documentary Film Program, Jerome Foundation and NYFA Fellowships. Faya Dayi (2021) is her feature debut.
Acting
(2015)
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
as Narration (voice)
(2006)
Distortion
as Gerry
(2004)
Until the Night
as Partygoer
(2004)
Journey to Lasta
as Selam
(2004)
107 Street
as Andrea
(2003)
200 American
as Model
(1999)
Man Woman Film
as Ali's girl
Crew
(2023)
Ladan
Director
(2021)
Faya Dayi
Director of Photography, Sound Recordist, Executive Producer, Producer, Director, Writer
(2021)
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
Producer, Translator
(2018)
Kings
Director
(2017)
Heroin
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Additional Photography
(2017)
Hairat
Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist, Director
(2016)
He Who Dances on Wood
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2014)
Zemene
Translator