Jessica Beshir

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.

Known For

Distortion
Distortion

Filmography

2015 Memory of a Time Twice Lived
as Narration (voice)
2007 The DL Chronicles
as Sarah Thomas
2006 Distortion
as Gerry
2004 Journey to Lasta
as Selam
2004 107 Street
as Andrea
2004 Until the Night
as Partygoer
2003 200 American
as Model
1999 Man Woman Film
as Ali's girl