Jon Shenk
Directing
Born January 1, 1969 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known as Jonathan Shenk · Джон Шенк
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · 2022 · nominated
Filmography15 titles
The Seer and the Unseen
Athlete A
The Rape of Europa
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Audrie & Daisy
In Waves and War
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Smile Pinki
The Daily Show
Lead Me Home
The White House Effect
The Island President
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Art and Science Collide