About
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
Ladan2023 · Director
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia2021 · Translator, Producer
Faya Dayi2021 · Sound Recordist, Director of Photography, Executive Producer, Writer
Kings2018 · Director
Heroin2017 · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Additional Photography
Hairat2017 · Producer, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography
He Who Dances on Wood2016 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Zemene2014 · Translator