
Jon Shenk
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1969
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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

History's Secrets: Atomic Bomb TBA
Additional Camera
- The Coral Rescuers
The Coral Rescuers 2026
Executive Producer, Director of Photography
- Art and Science Collide
Art and Science Collide 2025
Executive Producer

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore 2025
Director of Photography

Mercedes 2025
Executive Producer

Any Problem is No Problem 2025
Executive Producer

The White House Effect 2024
Director, Producer

In Waves and War 2024
Producer, Director, Director of Photography
- Make a Splash
Make a Splash 2022
Executive Producer
- Surf Nation
Surf Nation 2022
Executive Producer

Lead Me Home 2021
Cinematography, Director

Athlete A 2020
Director, Director of Photography
- Just Breathe
Just Breathe 2019
Executive Producer
- Splash
Splash 2019
Director

RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words 2019
Director of Photography

The Seer and the Unseen 2019
Executive Producer
- Truth in Ten
Truth in Ten 2017
Director

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power 2017
Director, Director of Photography

Audrie & Daisy 2016
Director, Director of Photography

American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco 2013
Executive Producer

The Island President 2012
Director, Director of Photography

Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil 2009
Director of Photography

New Muslim Cool 2009
Director of Photography

Smile Pinki 2008
Director of Photography

The Rape of Europa 2007
Producer

Lost Boys of Sudan 2003
Director, Producer

From Puppets to Pixels: The Making of Star Wars Episode II 2002
Producer, Director

The Beginning: The Making of Star Wars Episode I 2001
Director of Photography, Director

Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott 1999
Assistant Camera
Credits from TMDB.