Jon Shenk
Director
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.
Born1969-01-01
Place of BirthCincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For
6.6
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Documentary
7.5
Athlete A
Documentary
7.3
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Documentary
7.2
Audrie & Daisy
Documentary
6.8
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Documentary
6.1
The White House Effect
Documentary
6.3
Lead Me Home
DocumentaryDrama
6.7
In Waves and War
Documentary
6.1
The Island President
Documentary
6.4
Lost Boys of Sudan
Documentary
Truth in Ten
Documentary
1.0
Splash
Documentary