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 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.
Filmography
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
as Narration (voice)
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
as Narration (voice)
Distortion
as Gerry
Distortion
as Gerry
Journey to Lasta
as Selam
Journey to Lasta
as Selam
107 Street
as Andrea
107 Street
as Andrea
Until the Night
as Partygoer
Until the Night
as Partygoer
200 American
as Model
200 American
as Model
Man Woman Film
as Ali's girl
Man Woman Film
as Ali's girl