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Jon Shenk

Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn January 1, 1969 (57 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • The Island President
  • Eames: The Architect & The Painter

Known For

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
  • Audrie & Daisy
  • Athlete A
  • Lead Me Home
  • The Island President
  • The Rape of Europa
  • The White House Effect
  • In Waves and War
  • P.O.V.

Featured Videos

  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power: Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk On Paris Terrorist Attacks
    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power: Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk On Paris Terrorist AttacksAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerBehind the Scenes
  • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power: Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk On Making A Sequel
    An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power: Bonni Cohen & Jon Shenk On Making A SequelAn Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to PowerBehind the Scenes

Jon Shenk Filmography

2022
The Oscars · as Self
2013
New Day (TV Series) · as Self
2004
2001
Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self

2025
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore · as Cinematographer
2024
In Waves and War · as Director Of Photography
2021
Lead Me Home · as Director Of Photography
2020
Athlete A · as Director Of Photography
2019
RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words · as Director Of Photography
2017
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power · as Director Of Photography
2016
Soundbreaking (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2016
Audrie & Daisy · as Director Of Photography
2013
The Revolutionary Optimists · as Cinematographer
2013
The Battle of Amfar · as Cinematographer
2011
The Island President · as Director Of Photography
2011
2010
Through the Wormhole (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
2008
Smile Pinki · as Director Of Photography
2006
The Rape of Europa · as Director Of Photography
2006
The Human Behavior Experiments · as Cinematographer
2003
Lost Boys of Sudan · as Cinematographer
2001
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' · as Director Of Photography
1997
History Undercover (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1988
P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1985
Explorer (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1983
Frontline (TV Series) · as Cinematographer
1974
NOVA (TV Series) · as Cinematographer

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