Jon Shenk
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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.
Best known work
The Daily Show
1996
Athlete A
2020
Audrie & Daisy
2016
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Lead Me Home
2021
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001
The Rape of Europa
2007
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003
The Island President
2012
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002Filmography
TBA
History's Secrets: Atomic BombAdditional Camera
2026
The Coral RescuersExecutive Producer, Director of Photography
2025
Art and Science CollideExecutive Producer
2025
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreDirector of Photography
2025
MercedesExecutive Producer
2025
Any Problem is No ProblemExecutive Producer
2024
In Waves and WarProducer, Director, Director of Photography
2024
The White House EffectDirector, Producer
2023
2022
Make a SplashExecutive Producer
2022
Surf NationExecutive Producer
2021
Lead Me HomeCinematography, Director
2020
Athlete ADirector, Director of Photography
2019
SplashDirector
2019
Just BreatheExecutive Producer
2019
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own WordsDirector of Photography
2019
The Seer and the UnseenExecutive Producer
2017
Truth in TenDirector
2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerDirector, Director of Photography
2016
Audrie & DaisyDirector, Director of Photography
2013
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San FranciscoExecutive Producer
2012
The Island PresidentDirector, Director of Photography
2009
Nazi Mystery - Twins From BrazilDirector of Photography
2009
New Muslim CoolDirector of Photography
2008
Smile PinkiDirector of Photography