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Director
Jon Shenk
- Born January 1, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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
Athlete A2020
Audrie & Daisy2016
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017
Lead Me Home2021
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I2001
The Rape of Europa2007
Lost Boys of Sudan2003
The Island President2012
Filmography
- TBAHistory's Secrets: Atomic BombFilmAdditional Camera
- 2026The Coral RescuersFilmExecutive Producer, Director of Photography
- 2025Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreFilmDirector of Photography
- 2025MercedesFilmExecutive Producer
- 2025Any Problem is No ProblemFilmExecutive Producer
- 2025Art and Science CollideFilmExecutive Producer
- 2024In Waves and WarFilmProducer, Director, Director of Photography
- 2024The White House EffectFilmDirector, Producer
- 2023Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda ForeverSeriesExecutive Producer, Camera Operator
- 2022Make a SplashFilmExecutive Producer
- 2022Surf NationFilmExecutive Producer
- 2021Lead Me HomeFilmCinematography, Director
- 2020Athlete AFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2019RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own WordsFilmDirector of Photography
- 2019The Seer and the UnseenFilmExecutive Producer
- 2019SplashFilmDirector
- 2019Just BreatheFilmExecutive Producer
- 2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2017Truth in TenFilmDirector
- 2016Audrie & DaisyFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2013American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San FranciscoFilmExecutive Producer
- 2012The Island PresidentFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2009Nazi Mystery - Twins From BrazilFilmDirector of Photography
- 2009New Muslim CoolFilmDirector of Photography
- 2008Smile PinkiFilmDirector of Photography
- 2007The Rape of EuropaFilmProducer
- 2003Lost Boys of SudanFilmDirector, Producer
- 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIFilmProducer, Director
- 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode IFilmDirector of Photography, Director
- 1999Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne LamottFilmAssistant Camera
- 1996The Daily ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1996Film Independent Spirit AwardsSeriesSelf - Winner