- Known For
- Directing
- Born
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- Place of Birth
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Jessica Beshir
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.
Filmography
movieLadan
2023 · Director
movieIT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
2021 · Translator, Producer
movieFaya Dayi
2021 · Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer
Kings
movieKings
2018 · Director
The Gift
tvThe Gift
2017 · Director, Creator
movieHeroin
2017 · Screenplay, Additional Photography, Director, Producer
movieHairat
2017 · Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
movieHe Who Dances on Wood
2016 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
movieMemory of a Time Twice Lived
2015 · Narration (voice)
Zemene
movieZemene
2014 · Translator
tvThe DL Chronicles
2007 · Sarah Thomas
movieDistortion
2006 · Gerry
Journey to Lasta
movieJourney to Lasta
2004 · Selam
107 Street
movie107 Street
2004 · Andrea
movieUntil the Night
2004 · Partygoer
movie200 American
2003 · Model
Man Woman Film
movieMan Woman Film
1999 · Ali's girl