Jon Shenk
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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 A
Audrie & Daisy
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Lead Me Home
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
The Rape of Europa
Lost Boys of Sudan
The Island President
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Smile Pinki
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
In Waves and War
Filmography
In Waves and War
Movie · Director
The White House Effect
Movie · Director
Lead Me Home
Movie · Director
Athlete A
Movie · Director
Splash
Movie · Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Movie · Director
Truth in Ten
Movie · Director
Audrie & Daisy
Movie · Director
The Island President
Movie · Director
Lost Boys of Sudan
Movie · Director
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Movie · Director
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Movie · Director