About
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.
Filmography
Art and Science Collide2025 · Executive Producer
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore2025 · Director of Photography
Mercedes2025 · Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem2025 · Executive Producer
In Waves and War2024 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The White House Effect2024 · Director, Producer
Make a Splash2022 · Executive Producer
Surf Nation2022 · Executive Producer
Lead Me Home2021 · Cinematography, Director
Athlete A2020 · Director, Director of Photography
Splash2019 · Director
Just Breathe2019 · Executive Producer
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words2019 · Director of Photography
The Seer and the Unseen2019 · Executive Producer
Truth in Ten2017 · Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power2017 · Director, Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy2016 · Director, Director of Photography
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco2013 · Executive Producer
The Island President2012 · Director, Director of Photography
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil2009 · Director of Photography