Director

Jessica Beshir

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.

Full filmography · 13

Ladan
Director
2023
Faya Dayi
Director and Writer
2021
Kings
Director
2018
Heroin
Director
2017
Hairat
Director
2017
He Who Dances on Wood
Director
2016
Distortion
as Gerry
2006
Journey to Lasta
as Selam
2004
107 Street
as Andrea
2004
Until the Night
as Partygoer
2004
200 American
as Model
20035
Man Woman Film
as Ali's girl
1999