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 t...
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.
Known for
Athlete A2020 · Director, Director of Photography3.8ActuallyLike
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017 · Director, Director of Photography3.3
Audrie & Daisy2016 · Director, Director of Photography3.6
Lead Me Home2021 · Cinematography, Director3.2
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I2001 · Director of Photography, Director3.6
The Rape of Europa2007 · Producer3.7
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II2002 · Producer, Director3.4
Lost Boys of Sudan2003 · Director, Producer3.2ActuallyLike pages
Crew credits
Athlete A2020 · Director, Director of Photography3.8ActuallyLikeAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017 · Director, Director of Photography3.3Audrie & Daisy2016 · Director, Director of Photography3.6Lead Me Home2021 · Cinematography, Director3.2The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I2001 · Director of Photography, Director3.6The Rape of Europa2007 · Producer3.7From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II2002 · Producer, Director3.4Lost Boys of Sudan2003 · Director, Producer3.2
Smile Pinki2008 · Director of Photography3.3
In Waves and War2024 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography3.4
The Island President2012 · Director, Director of Photography3.1
The Seer and the Unseen2019 · Executive Producer3.9
The White House Effect2024 · Director, Producer3.1
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore2025 · Director of Photography3.6
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil2009 · Director of Photography3.8
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott1999 · Assistant Camera4.0
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words2019 · Director of Photography3.4SSplash2019 · Director0.5