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Jessica Beshir‌

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Jessica Beshir

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Jessica Beshir

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

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Female

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Popularity

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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.

Movie Credits

Until the Night

Until the Night‌
star5.3
calendar 2004

Journey to Lasta

Journey to Lasta‌
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calendar 2004

Distortion

Distortion‌
star1.0
calendar 2006

Memory of a Time Twice Lived

Memory of a Time Twice Lived‌
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calendar 2015

Man Woman Film

Man Woman Film‌
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calendar 1999

107 Street

107 Street‌
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calendar 2004

200 American

200 American‌
star4.8
calendar 2003

Tv Credits

The DL Chronicles

The DL Chronicles‌
star6.4
calendar 2007