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Jon Shenk
Producer · Director
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1969Born, Cincinnati
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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.
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Athlete ADirector
Audrie & DaisyDirector
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerDirector
Lead Me HomeCinematography
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2025MercedesExecutive ProducerMovie
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2023Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda ForeverExecutive Producer · 3 episodes · Camera Operator · 3 episodesShow
2022Make a SplashExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Surf NationExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Lead Me HomeCinematography · DirectorMovie
2020Athlete ADirector · Director of PhotographyMovie
2019SplashDirectorMovie
2019Just BreatheExecutive ProducerMovie
2019RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own WordsDirector of PhotographyMovie
2019The Seer and the UnseenExecutive ProducerMovie
2017Truth in TenDirectorMovie
2017An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerDirector · Director of PhotographyMovie
2016Audrie & DaisyDirector · Director of PhotographyMovie
2013American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San FranciscoExecutive ProducerMovie
2012The Island PresidentDirector · Director of PhotographyMovie
2009Nazi Mystery - Twins From BrazilDirector of PhotographyMovie
2009New Muslim CoolDirector of PhotographyMovie
2008Smile PinkiDirector of PhotographyMovie
2007The Rape of EuropaProducerMovie
2003Lost Boys of SudanDirector · ProducerMovie
2002From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIProducer · DirectorMovie
2001The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode IDirector of Photography · DirectorMovie
1999Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne LamottAssistant CameraMovie
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