Jon Shenk
Born: 1969-01-01 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore ... (Cinematography)
- Any Problem is No Problem ... (Executive Producer)
- Mercedes ... (Executive Producer)
- Art and Science Collide ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- In Waves and War ... (Producer)
- The White House Effect ... (Director)
2023
- Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Surf Nation ... (Executive Producer)
- Make a Splash ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Lead Me Home ... (Cinematography)
2020
- Athlete A ... (Director)
2019
- RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words ... (Director of Photography)
- The Seer and the Unseen ... (Executive Producer)
- Splash ... (Director)
- Just Breathe ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power ... (Director)
- Truth in Ten ... (Director)
2016
- Audrie & Daisy ... (Director)
2013
- American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- The Island President ... (Director)
2009
- Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil ... (Director of Photography)
- New Muslim Cool ... (Director of Photography)
2008
- Smile Pinki ... (Director of Photography)
2007
- The Rape of Europa ... (Producer)
2003
- Lost Boys of Sudan ... (Director)
2002
- From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' ... (Producer)
2001
- The Beginning: Making Episode I ... (Director of Photography)
1999
- Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott ... (Assistant Camera)
1997
- Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature ... (Assistant Editor)