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.

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All Camera Crew Directing Production Sound Writing

Faya Dayi

Department Camera

Job Director of Photography

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Faya Dayi

Department Sound

Job Sound Recordist

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Faya Dayi

Department Production

Job Executive Producer

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Faya Dayi

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Faya Dayi

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Faya Dayi

Department Writing

Job Writer

Average Rating

7.6

14 votes

Release Date

Sep 03, 2021

4 years ago
Hairat

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

7.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2017

9 years ago
Hairat

Department Camera

Job Director of Photography

Average Rating

7.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2017

9 years ago
Hairat

Department Sound

Job Sound Recordist

Average Rating

7.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2017

9 years ago
Hairat

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

7.0

6 votes

Release Date

Jan 20, 2017

9 years ago
He Who Dances on Wood

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 2016

9 years ago
He Who Dances on Wood

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 2016

9 years ago
He Who Dances on Wood

Department Camera

Job Director of Photography

Average Rating

6.3

3 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 2016

9 years ago
Ladan

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

1.0

1 votes

Release Date

Sep 15, 2023

2 years ago
Heroin

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2017

8 years ago
Heroin

Department Writing

Job Screenplay

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2017

8 years ago
Kings

Department Directing

Job Director

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 2018

7 years ago
Heroin

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2017

8 years ago
Heroin

Department Camera

Job Additional Photography

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2017

8 years ago
Zemene

Department Crew

Job Translator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 24, 2014

12 years ago
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

Department Production

Job Producer

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 2021

4 years ago
IT IS A SOUL: A Portrait of Hailu Mergia

Department Crew

Job Translator

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 28, 2021

4 years ago

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