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Jon Shenk

1969 (57) • Directing

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

64%

Self - Guest

1996

Athlete A

75%

Director

2020

Audrie & Daisy

72%

Director

2016

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

66%

Director

2017

Lead Me Home

63%

Cinematography

2021

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

73%

Director of Photography

2001

The Rape of Europa

74%

Producer

2007

Lost Boys of Sudan

64%

Director

2003

Art and Science Collide

Executive Producer

2025

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

73%

Director of Photography

2025

Mercedes

Executive Producer

2025

Any Problem is No Problem

Executive Producer

2025

The White House Effect

60%

Director

2024

The White House Effect

60%

Producer

2024

In Waves and War

67%

Director

2024

In Waves and War

67%

Producer

2024

In Waves and War

67%

Director of Photography

2024
Poster for Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

48%

Camera Operator

2023
Poster for Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

48%

Executive Producer

2023

Make a Splash

Executive Producer

2022

Surf Nation

Executive Producer

2022

Lead Me Home

63%

Cinematography

2021

Lead Me Home

63%

Director

2021

Athlete A

75%

Director

2020

Athlete A

75%

Director of Photography

2020

Just Breathe

Executive Producer

2019

Splash

10%

Director

2019

RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words

67%

Director of Photography

2019

The Seer and the Unseen

77%

Executive Producer

2019

Truth in Ten

Director

2017

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

66%

Director

2017

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

66%

Director of Photography

2017

Audrie & Daisy

72%

Director

2016

Audrie & Daisy

72%

Director of Photography

2016

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco

Executive Producer

2013

The Island President

61%

Director

2012

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