Jessica Beshir
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.
Known For
Actor
as Narration (voice)
as Sarah Thomas
as Gerry
as Selam
as Andrea
as Partygoer
as Model
as Ali's girl
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
Camera
as Director of Photography
as Director of Photography
as Additional Photography
as Director of Photography
Crew
as Translator
as Translator
Creator
as Creator