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 10
2020s
- 2024
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
- 2016
- 2012
The Island President
Director
2000s
- 2003
Lost Boys of Sudan
Director
- 2002
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Director
- 2001
Camera 14
2020s
- 2025
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Director of Photography
- 2024
- 2023
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Director of Photography
- 2017
- 2016
- 2012
The Island President
Director of Photography
2000s
- 2009
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Director of Photography
New Muslim Cool
Director of Photography
- 2008
Smile Pinki
Director of Photography
- 2001
1990s
- 1999
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott
Assistant Camera
No release date
History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Additional Camera
Produced 10
2020s
- 2025
Mercedes
Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem
Executive Producer
- 2024
- 2023
2010s
- 2019
The Seer and the Unseen
Executive Producer
- 2013
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
Executive Producer
2000s
- 2007
The Rape of Europa
Producer
- 2003
Lost Boys of Sudan
Producer
- 2002
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Producer
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2021
Appearances2
1990s
- 1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Self - Winner · 1 episode
