Jon Shenk
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1969
From
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.
Filmography — Crew
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director
Athlete A
Director
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Director
In Waves and War
Producer
Lead Me Home
Director
The White House Effect
Director
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Producer
The Rape of Europa
Producer
Audrie & Daisy
Director
The Island President
Director
Truth in Ten
Director
Splash
Director
Lost Boys of Sudan
Director