Jon Shenk
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1 January 1969 (57 years old)
Place of birthCincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known credits31
Biography
Jon Shenk is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary film director and director of photography, known for his films Lead Me Home Athlete A, An Inconvenient Sequel, Audrie & Daisy, The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan. He is the co-founder, with his wife Bonni Cohen, of Actual Films, a documentary film company based in San Francisco, CA. He co-directed (with Pedro Kos) and photographed Lead Me Home which premiered in 2021 at the Telluride Film Festival, was acquired by Netflix, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2022.
The Coral Rescuers
2026 · Executive Producer
The Coral Rescuers
2026 · Director of Photography
Art and Science Collide
2025 · Executive Producer
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025 · Director of Photography
Mercedes
2025 · Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem
2025 · Executive Producer
In Waves and War
2024 · Producer
In Waves and War
2024 · Director
The White House Effect
2024 · Director
The White House Effect
2024 · Producer
In Waves and War
2024 · Director of Photography
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023 · Executive Producer
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023 · Camera Operator
Make a Splash
2022 · Executive Producer
Surf Nation
2022 · Executive Producer
Lead Me Home
2021 · Cinematography
Lead Me Home
2021 · Director
Athlete A
2020 · Director
Athlete A
2020 · Director of Photography
Splash
2019 · Director
Just Breathe
2019 · Executive Producer
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
2019 · Director of Photography
The Seer and the Unseen
2019 · Executive Producer
Truth in Ten
2017 · Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 · Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 · Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
2016 · Director
Audrie & Daisy
2016 · Director of Photography
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
2013 · Executive Producer
The Island President
2012 · Director
The Island President
2012 · Director of Photography
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009 · Director of Photography
New Muslim Cool
2009 · Director of Photography
Smile Pinki
2008 · Director of Photography
The Rape of Europa
2007 · Producer
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003 · Director
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003 · Producer
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 · Producer
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 · Director
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 · Director of Photography
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 · Director
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott
1999 · Assistant Camera
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Additional Camera
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