Directing
Jessica Beshir
Directing · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Credits · 15
FilmLadan
2023 · Director
FilmIT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
2021 · Producer
FilmFaya Dayi
2021 · Director of Photography
Kings
FilmKings
2018 · Director
The Gift
The Gift
2017 · Director
FilmHeroin
2017 · Director
FilmHairat
2017 · Producer
FilmHe Who Dances on Wood
2016 · Director
The DL Chronicles
2007 · Sarah Thomas
FilmDistortion
2006 · Gerry
Journey to Lasta
FilmJourney to Lasta
2004 · Selam
107 Street
Film107 Street
2004 · Andrea
FilmUntil the Night
2004 · Partygoer
Film200 American
2003 · Model
Man Woman Film
FilmMan Woman Film
1999 · Ali's girl