Jessica Beshir
Age: N/A | From: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Homepage: https://jessica-beshir-78n5.squarespace.com/
Movie Involvements: 24
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Narration (voice) | |
| 2007 | Sarah Thomas | |
| 2006 | Gerry | |
| 2004 | Selam | |
| Andrea | ||
| Partygoer | ||
| 2003 | Model | |
| 1999 | Ali's girl | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director of Photography | |
| 2017 | Additional Photography | |
| Director of Photography | ||
| 2016 | Director of Photography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director | |
| 2018 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Director | ||
| 2016 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Producer | |
| 2017 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| 2016 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sound Recordist | |
| 2017 | Sound Recordist | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Writer | |
| 2017 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Translator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |