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 sh...
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
Faya Dayi2021 · Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Producer3.8
200 American2003 · Model2.5
Hairat2017 · Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist, Director3.5
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia2021 · Translator, Producer5.0
He Who Dances on Wood2016 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography3.1
Until the Night2004 · Partygoer2.4
Heroin2017 · Screenplay, Additional Photography, Director, Producer3.0JJourney to Lasta2004 · Selam4.0Cast credits
Crew credits
Faya Dayi2021 · Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Producer3.8Hairat2017 · Producer, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist, Director3.5IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia2021 · Translator, Producer5.0He Who Dances on Wood2016 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography3.1Heroin2017 · Screenplay, Additional Photography, Director, Producer3.0KKings2018 · Director3.0
Ladan2023 · Director0.5
in love, in memoryMovie · Executive ProducerZZemene2014 · Translator