Director

Jon Shenk

Directing

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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 23

TMDB ID: 933761

IMDb ID: nm0791556

Known for: Directing

Born: January 1, 1969

Age: 57

Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2025

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.96

Wikidata: Q24661045

Also known as

Jonathan Shenk • Джон Шенк

Frequent jobs

Director (7)Director of Photography (6)Executive Producer (5)Producer (2)Additional Camera (1)Assistant Camera (1)Cinematography (1)

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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.

Director

2003 Movie

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I

Director of Photography

2001 Movie

Top Rated Movies

Highest rated movies linked with Jon Shenk.

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

Top Rated Series

Highest rated series linked with Jon Shenk.

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

1996 Series

Other Crew Work in Movies

Additional movie credits for Jon Shenk.

Mercedes

Executive Producer

2025 Movie

Any Problem is No Problem

Executive Producer

2025 Movie

Lead Me Home

Cinematography

2021 Movie

The Seer and the Unseen

Executive Producer

2019 Movie

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco

Executive Producer

2013 Movie

The Rape of Europa

Producer

2007 Movie

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II

Producer

2002 Movie

Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott

Assistant Camera

1999 Movie

History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb

Additional Camera

Movie

Other Crew Work in Series

Additional series credits for Jon Shenk.

Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Executive Producer • 3 eps

2023 Series

Acting Appearances in Series

Series cast credits for Jon Shenk.

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest • 1 eps

1996 Series

Jon Shenk

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Biography

Directed Movies

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

In Waves and War