Personal Info
Birthday
January 1, 1969
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For
Directing
Jon Shenk
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 Movies (10)
6.7
In Waves and War
Movie2024
6.1
The White House Effect
Movie2024
6.4
Lead Me Home
Movie2021
7.5
Athlete A
Movie2020
6.6
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Movie2017
7.2
Audrie & Daisy
Movie2016
6.1
The Island President
Movie2012
6.4
Lost Boys of Sudan
Movie2003
6.8
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
Movie2002
7.3
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
Movie2001
