Jessica Beshir

Directing·Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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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.

Film	Credit
Ladan2023 · Director	Director
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia2021 · Producer	Producer
Faya Dayi2021 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer	Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
KKings2018 · Director	Director
Heroin2017 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Hairat2017 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director	Producer, Director of Photography, Director
He Who Dances on Wood2016 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
MMemory of a Time Twice Lived2015 · Narration (voice)	Narration (voice)
Distortion2006 · Gerry	Gerry
JJourney to Lasta2004 · Selam	Selam
1107 Street2004 · Andrea	Andrea
Until the Night2004 · Partygoer	Partygoer
200 American2003 · Model	Model
MMan Woman Film1999 · Ali's girl	Ali's girl