Jon Shenk
Director · Producer · CinematographerJon 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.
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FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR12
In Waves and War
2024
Director
The White House Effect
2024
Director
Lead Me Home
2021
Director
Athlete A
2020
Director
- Splash
Splash
2019
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Director
- Truth in Ten
Truth in Ten
2017
Director
Audrie & Daisy
2016
Director
The Island President
2012
Director
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003
Director
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Director
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
Director
PRODUCER13
Mercedes
2025
Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem
2025
Executive Producer
- Art and Science Collide
Art and Science Collide
2025
Executive Producer
In Waves and War
2024
Producer
The White House Effect
2024
Producer
- Make a Splash
Make a Splash
2022
Executive Producer
- Surf Nation
Surf Nation
2022
Executive Producer
The Seer and the Unseen
2019
Executive Producer
- Just Breathe
Just Breathe
2019
Executive Producer
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
2013
Executive Producer
The Rape of Europa
2007
Producer
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003
Producer
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002
Producer
CINEMATOGRAPHER13
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025
Director of Photography
In Waves and War
2024
Director of Photography
Athlete A
2020
Director of Photography
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
2019
Director of Photography
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017
Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
2016
Director of Photography
The Island President
2012
Director of Photography
New Muslim Cool
2009
Director of Photography
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009
Director of Photography
Smile Pinki
2008
Director of Photography
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001
Director of Photography
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott
1999
Assistant Camera
History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Additional Camera
