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Jessica Beshir

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Known For

55 Years Old

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.

Born

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico on 1st January 1970

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The DL Chronicles
Sarah Thomas
Until the Night Image
Until the Night
Partygoer
200 American Image
200 American
Model
Distortion Image
Distortion
Gerry
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Journey to Lasta
Selam
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107 Street
Andrea
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Man Woman Film
Ali's girl
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Memory of a Time Twice Lived
Narration (voice)