Jon Shenk
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.
Acting
Crew
Movie
Athlete A
Director
2020
Movie
Audrie & Daisy
Director
2016
Movie
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director
2017
Movie
Lead Me Home
Cinematography
2021
Movie
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Director of Photography
2001
Movie
The Rape of Europa
Producer
2007
Movie
Lost Boys of Sudan
Director
2003
Movie
The Island President
Director
2012
Movie
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Producer
2002
Movie
Smile Pinki
Director of Photography
2008
TV
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Executive Producer
2023
Movie
The White House Effect
Director
2024