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Jon Shenk

Jon Shenk

Directing
January 1, 1969 (57)
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
January 1, 1969 (57)
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Jon Shenk

Directing

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.

Filmography 13

Movies (12)

  • In Waves and War
    2024
    Directing
  • The White House Effect
    2024
    Directing
  • Lead Me Home
    2021
    Directing
  • Athlete A
    2020
    Directing
  • Splash
    2019
    Directing
  • Truth in Ten
    2017
    Directing
  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
    2017
    Directing
  • Audrie & Daisy
    2016
    Directing
  • The Island President
    2012
    Directing
  • Lost Boys of Sudan
    2003
    Directing
  • From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
    2002
    Directing
  • The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
    2001
    Directing

Shows (1)

  • The Daily Show
    1996
    Self - Guest