Jon Shenk
- Born
- January 1, 1969 (57 years old)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known for
Filmography
- —History's Secrets: Atomic BombFilm · Additional Camera
- 2026The Coral RescuersThe Coral RescuersFilm · Executive Producer, Director of Photography
- 2025Art and Science CollideArt and Science CollideFilm · Executive Producer
- 2025Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreFilm · Director of Photography
- 2025MercedesFilm · Executive Producer
- 2025Any Problem is No ProblemFilm · Executive Producer
- 2024In Waves and WarFilm · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2024The White House EffectFilm · Director, Producer
- 2023Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda ForeverSeries · Executive Producer, Camera Operator
- 2022Make a SplashMake a SplashFilm · Executive Producer
- 2022Surf NationSurf NationFilm · Executive Producer
- 2021Lead Me HomeFilm · Cinematography, Director★ 6.3
- 2020Athlete AFilm · Director, Director of Photography★ 7.5
- 2019SplashSplashFilm · Director
- 2019Just BreatheJust BreatheFilm · Executive Producer
- 2019RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own WordsFilm · Director of Photography
- 2019The Seer and the UnseenFilm · Executive Producer
- 2017Truth in TenTruth in TenFilm · Director
- 2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerFilm · Director, Director of Photography★ 6.6
- 2016Audrie & DaisyFilm · Director, Director of Photography★ 7.2
- 2013American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San FranciscoFilm · Executive Producer
- 2012The Island PresidentFilm · Director, Director of Photography
- 2009Nazi Mystery - Twins From BrazilFilm · Director of Photography
- 2009New Muslim CoolFilm · Director of Photography
- 2008Smile PinkiFilm · Director of Photography
- 2007The Rape of EuropaFilm · Producer★ 7.4
- 2003Lost Boys of SudanFilm · Director, Producer
- 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIFilm · Producer, Director
- 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode IFilm · Director of Photography, Director★ 7.3
- 1999Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne LamottFilm · Assistant Camera
