Jon Shenk
Directing
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
Directing12
movieIn Waves and War
2024
Director
movieThe White House Effect
2024
Director
movieLead Me Home
2021
Director
movieAthlete A
2020
Director
Splash
2019
Director
movieAudrie & Daisy
2016
Director
movieThe Island President
2012
Director
movieLost Boys of Sudan
2003
Director
Camera14
movieMarlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025
Director of Photography
movieIn Waves and War
2024
Director of Photography
tvVoices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023
Camera Operator
movieAthlete A
2020
Director of Photography
movieRUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
2019
Director of Photography
movieAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Director of Photography
movieAudrie & Daisy
2016
Director of Photography
movieThe Island President
2012
Director of Photography
movieNazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
Director of Photography
movieNew Muslim Cool
2009
Director of Photography
movieSmile Pinki
2008
Director of Photography
movieThe Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
Director of Photography
movieHistory's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Additional Camera
Production14
Art and Science Collide
2025
Executive Producer
movieMercedes
2025
Executive Producer
movieAny Problem is No Problem
2025
Executive Producer
movieIn Waves and War
2024
Producer
movieThe White House Effect
2024
Producer
tvVoices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
2023
Executive Producer
Make a Splash
2022
Executive Producer
Surf Nation
2022
Executive Producer
Just Breathe
2019
Executive Producer
movieThe Seer and the Unseen
2019
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
2013
Executive Producer
movieThe Rape of Europa
2007
Producer
movieLost Boys of Sudan
2003
Producer
Acting1
tvThe Daily Show
1996
Self - Guest
Crew1
movieLead Me Home
2021
Cinematography