Person

Jon Shenk

Directing · Born 1969-01-01 · 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.

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  The Daily Show

  Self - Guest

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  Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

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  The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

  Director of Photography

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  The White House Effect

  Director

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  Athlete A

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  An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

  Director

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  From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

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  Audrie & Daisy

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  In Waves and War

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  Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

  Director of Photography

• 2025Art and Science CollideExecutive Producer
• 2025Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreDirector of Photography
• 2025MercedesExecutive Producer
• 2025Any Problem is No ProblemExecutive Producer
• 2024In Waves and WarProducer
• 2024The White House EffectDirector
• 2023Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda ForeverExecutive Producer
• 2022Make a SplashExecutive Producer
• 2022Surf NationExecutive Producer
• 2021Lead Me HomeCinematography
• 2020Athlete ADirector
• 2019SplashDirector
• 2019Just BreatheExecutive Producer
• 2019RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own WordsDirector of Photography
• 2019The Seer and the UnseenExecutive Producer
• 2017Truth in TenDirector
• 2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerDirector
• 2016Audrie & DaisyDirector
• 2013American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San FranciscoExecutive Producer
• 2012The Island PresidentDirector
• 2009Nazi Mystery - Twins From BrazilDirector of Photography
• 2009New Muslim CoolDirector of Photography
• 2008Smile PinkiDirector of Photography
• 2007The Rape of EuropaProducer
• 2003Lost Boys of SudanDirector
• 2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIProducer
• 2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode IDirector of Photography
• 1999Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne LamottAssistant Camera
• 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
• —History's Secrets: Atomic BombAdditional Camera