Jessica Beshir
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 | Directing |
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Most Rating | 1.213 |
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Place of Birth | Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico |
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2004
Until the Night
5.3/3
Robert is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance w...
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Until the Night
2004
Journey to Lasta
0/0
A hip urban reggae film about music, passion, love and devotion! Tsegaye is a driven mucician who leaves his wife and children in California, to searc...
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Journey to Lasta
2006
Distortion
1/3
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late...
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Distortion
2015
Memory of a Time Twice Lived
0/0
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Memory of a Time Twice Lived
1999
Man Woman Film
0/0
Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy loses mind.
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Man Woman Film
2004
107 Street
0/0
Three vignettes, "The Domino Players", "The Secret Miracle" and "point of View," are linked by telephone conversations being surreptitiously listened...
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107 Street
2003
200 American
4.8/23
Conrad is a gay man living in NYC. He's also CEO of an ad agency and by nature a control freak. Although Conrad is still in love with Martin (his ex),...
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