Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
January 1, 1969 (57 years old)
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Jonathan Shenk
- Джон Шенк
Jon Shenk
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.
Known For
Directing
Lead Me Home
Cinematography, Director
2021
Athlete A
Director, Director of Photography
2020
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Director, Director of Photography
2017
Audrie & Daisy
Director, Director of Photography
2016
The Island President
Director, Director of Photography
2012
The Rape of Europa
Producer
2007
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Director of Photography, Director
2001