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

The DL Chronicles

Sarah Thomas

Until the Night

Partygoer

200 American

Model

Distortion

Gerry

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Memory of a Time Twice Lived	Narration (voice)
2006	Distortion	Gerry
2004	Until the Night	Partygoer
2004	Journey to Lasta	Selam
2004	107 Street	Andrea
2003	200 American	Model
1999	Man Woman Film	Ali's girl

Year	TV Show	Role
2007	The DL Chronicles	Sarah Thomas