Jessica Beshir
- Known for
- Directing
- Place of birth
- Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
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.
Movies with Jessica Beshir
- 200 American 2003 · ★ 5.0
- Until the Night 2004 · ★ 4.7
- Distortion 2006 · ★ 2.6
- Man Woman Film 1999 · ★ 4.0
- Journey to Lasta 2004 · ★ 8.0
- 107 Street 2004 · ★ 5.0
- Memory of a Time Twice Lived 2015