Directing
Jon Shenk
Born January 1, 1969 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.
Directed Films
6.7
In Waves and War
2024·Documentary
6.1
The White House Effect
2024·Documentary
6.4
Lead Me Home
2021·Documentary
7.5
Athlete A
2020·Documentary
6.6
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017·Documentary
7.1
Audrie & Daisy
2016·Documentary
6.1
The Island President
2012·Documentary
6.4
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003·Documentary
6.8
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002·Documentary
7.3
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001·Documentary