Jessica Beshir

Actor · Producer· 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.

Filmography

5 credits across 2 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
2021	IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia	Producer	Film
2006	Distortion	Gerry	Film
2004	Until the Night	Partygoer	Film
2003	200 American	Model	Film
	in love, in memory	Executive Producer	Film

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