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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
Character: Narration (voice)
MOVIE • 2015
The DL Chronicles
Character: Sarah Thomas
TV • 2007
Distortion
Character: Gerry
MOVIE • 2006
Journey to Lasta
Character: Selam
MOVIE • 2004
107 Street
Character: Andrea
MOVIE • 2004
Until the Night
Character: Partygoer
MOVIE • 2004
200 American
Character: Model
MOVIE • 2003
Man Woman Film
Character: Ali's girl
MOVIE • 1999
Crew
Crew Credits
Ladan
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2021
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia
Role: Translator
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Sound Recordist
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Executive Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Faya Dayi
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2021
Kings
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
The Gift
Role: Director
TV • 2017
The Gift
Role: Creator
TV • 2017
Heroin
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017
Heroin
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2017
Heroin
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2017
Heroin
Role: Additional Photography
MOVIE • 2017
Hairat
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2017
Hairat
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2017
Hairat
Role: Sound Recordist
MOVIE • 2017
Hairat
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2017