Directed credits
13
Active
Regular directing credits.
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)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jon Shenk.
Director of Photography
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025 • Movie
Director
The White House Effect
2024 • Movie
Director
In Waves and War
2024 • Movie
Director
Athlete A
2020 • Movie
Director of Photography
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
2019 • Movie
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 • Movie
Director
Audrie & Daisy
2016 • Movie
Director
The Island President
2012 • Movie
Director of Photography
Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
2009 • Movie
Director of Photography
New Muslim Cool
2009 • Movie
Director of Photography
Smile Pinki
2008 • Movie
Director
Lost Boys of Sudan
2003 • Movie
Director of Photography
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 • Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jon Shenk.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Jon Shenk.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jon Shenk.
Director
Athlete A
2020 • Movie
Director of Photography
The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I
2001 • Movie
Producer
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 • Movie
Director
The White House Effect
2024 • Movie
Director
In Waves and War
2024 • Movie
Director
Audrie & Daisy
2016 • Movie
Cinematography
Lead Me Home
2021 • Movie
Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
2017 • Movie
Director of Photography
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025 • Movie
Director of Photography
Smile Pinki
2008 • Movie
Director
The Island President
2012 • Movie
Additional Camera
History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jon Shenk.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jon Shenk.
Executive Producer
Mercedes
2025 • Movie
Executive Producer
Any Problem is No Problem
2025 • Movie
Cinematography
Lead Me Home
2021 • Movie
Executive Producer
The Seer and the Unseen
2019 • Movie
Executive Producer
American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco
2013 • Movie
Producer
The Rape of Europa
2007 • Movie
Producer
From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II
2002 • Movie
Assistant Camera
Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott
1999 • Movie
Additional Camera
History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Jon Shenk.
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Jon Shenk.