Jon Shenk
Age: N/A | From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Jonathan Shenk , Джон Шенк
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Homepage: https://actualfilms.net/
Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Athlete A
(2020) Director
Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
(2023) Camera Operator
Audrie & Daisy
(2016) Director
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
(2017) Director
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
(2001) Director
Lead Me Home
(2021) Director
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
(2002) Producer
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
(1997) Assistant EditorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Executive Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2002 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Camera
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Camera Operator | |
| 2020 | Director of Photography | |
| 2019 | Director of Photography | |
| 2017 | Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Director of Photography | |
| 2009 | Director of Photography | |
| Director of Photography | ||
| 2008 | Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Director of Photography | |
| 1999 | Assistant Camera | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Director | |
| 2020 | Director | |
| 2017 | Director | |
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2012 | Director | |
| 2003 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| 2001 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Assistant Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
