Jessica Beshir
Directing · Director · Producer · Screenplay
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Active 1999–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship
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.
Filmography
Faya Dayi (2021) — Director of Photography · Sound Recordist · Executive Producer · Producer · Director · WriterIT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia (2021) — Producer · TranslatorHairat (2017) — Producer · Director of Photography · Sound Recordist · DirectorJourney to Lasta (2004) — Selam200 American (2003) — ModelThe DL Chronicles (2007) — Sarah ThomasHe Who Dances on Wood (2016) — Director · Producer · Director of PhotographyHeroin (2017) — Director · Screenplay · Producer · Additional PhotographyKings (2018) — DirectorUntil the Night (2004) — Partygoer107 Street (2004) — AndreaMan Woman Film (1999) — Ali's girlDistortion (2006) — GerryLadan (2023) — DirectorMemory of a Time Twice Lived (2015) — Narration (voice)Zemene (2014) — Translatorin love, in memory — Executive ProducerThe Gift (2017) — Director · Creator