Jessica Beshir

Personal Info

Known For Director

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.

Known For

Director

2023
Ladan

as Director

2021
Faya Dayi

as Director

2018
Kings

as Director

2017
Heroin

as Director

2017
Hairat

as Director

2017
The Gift

as Director

2016

Actor

2015
Memory of a Time Twice Lived

as Narration (voice)

2007
The DL Chronicles

as Sarah Thomas

2006
Distortion

as Gerry

2004
2004
107 Street

as Andrea

2004
Until the Night

as Partygoer

2003
200 American

as Model

1999
Man Woman Film

as Ali's girl

Producer

2021
Faya Dayi

as Executive Producer

2021
Faya Dayi

as Producer

2017
Hairat

as Producer

2017
Heroin

as Producer

2016

Camera

2021
Faya Dayi

as Director of Photography

2017
Heroin

as Additional Photography

2017
Hairat

as Director of Photography

2016
He Who Dances on Wood

as Director of Photography

Writer

2021
Faya Dayi

as Writer

2017
Heroin

as Screenplay

Sound

2021
Faya Dayi

as Sound Recordist

2017
Hairat

as Sound Recordist

Crew

2014
Zemene

as Translator

Creator

2017
The Gift

as Creator