About

Known credits:
30
Birthday:
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Place of birth:
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Website:
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Jessica Beshir

Overview

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

Acting
2015 Memory of a Time Twice Lived Actor Narration (voice) N/A
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2006 Distortion Actor Gerry 58
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2004 Journey to Lasta Actor Selam N/A
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2004 107 Street Actor Andrea N/A
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2004 Until the Night Actor Partygoer 59
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2003 200 American Actor Model 58
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1999 Man Woman Film Actor Ali's girl N/A
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Directing
2023 Ladan Directing Director 59
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2021 Faya Dayi Directing Director 59
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2018 Kings Directing Director 59
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2017 The Gift Directing Director N/A
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2017 Heroin Directing Director N/A
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2017 Hairat Directing Director 59
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2016 He Who Dances on Wood Directing Director 59
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Writing
2021 Faya Dayi Writing Writer 59
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2017 Heroin Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2021 IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia Production Producer N/A
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2021 Faya Dayi Production Executive Producer 59
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2021 Faya Dayi Production Producer 59
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2017 Heroin Production Producer N/A
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2017 Hairat Production Producer 59
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2016 He Who Dances on Wood Production Producer 59
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Sound
2021 Faya Dayi Sound Sound Recordist 59
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2017 Hairat Sound Sound Recordist 59
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Camera
2021 Faya Dayi Camera Director of Photography 59
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2017 Heroin Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2017 Hairat Camera Director of Photography 59
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2016 He Who Dances on Wood Camera Director of Photography 59
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Crew
2021 IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia Crew Translator N/A
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2014 Zemene Crew Translator N/A
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