Jon Shenk
Jon Shenk
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.
Known For
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Athlete A
Director
Audrie & Daisy
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director
Lead Me Home
Cinematography
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Director of Photography
The Rape of Europa
Producer
Lost Boys of Sudan
Director
Art and Science Collide
Executive Producer
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Director of Photography
Mercedes
Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem
Executive Producer
The White House Effect
Director
The White House Effect
Producer
In Waves and War
Director
In Waves and War
Producer
In Waves and War
Director of Photography
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Camera Operator
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Executive Producer
Make a Splash
Executive Producer
Surf Nation
Executive Producer
Lead Me Home
Cinematography
Lead Me Home
Director
Athlete A
Director
Athlete A
Director of Photography
Just Breathe
Executive Producer
Splash
Director
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Director of Photography
The Seer and the Unseen
Executive Producer
Truth in Ten
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
Director
Audrie & Daisy
Director of Photography
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
Executive Producer
The Island President
Director