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Jon Shenk

Film Director
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. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

Follows the globe-trotting journey of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, who, after bringing democracy to his country, takes up the fight to keep it from ...

The Island President

Certification unknown

2012 | 3.1/5 | 1h 41min
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Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, ...

Lost Boys of Sudan

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2003 | 3.2/5 | 1h 27min
Documentary
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Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts. ...

Athlete A

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2020 | 3.9/5 | 1h 44min
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Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi. ...

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

PG

1999 | 3.3/5 | 2h 16min
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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Exposé: America's Investigative Reports was a half-hour PBS documentary series that detailed some of the most revealing investigative journalism in America. Thirteen/WNET and the Center for Investiga ...

Exposé: America's Investigative Reports

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2006 | 30min per episode
News, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Jon Shenk

Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
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Movies with Jon Shenk as Crew(22)

Crew/Cinematography2021 Lead Me Home
Directing/Director2021 Lead Me Home
Camera/Director of Photography2020 Athlete A
Directing/Director2020 Athlete A
Production/Executive Producer2019 The Seer and the Unseen
Camera/Director of Photography2019 RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words
Camera/Director of Photography2017 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Directing/Director2017 An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Camera/Director of Photography2016 Audrie & Daisy
Directing/Director2016 Audrie & Daisy
Camera/Director of Photography2012 The Island President
Directing/Director2012 The Island President
Camera/Director of Photography2009 Nazi Mystery - Twins From Brazil
Camera/Director of Photography2009 New Muslim Cool
Camera/Director of Photography2008 Smile Pinki
Directing/Director2003 Lost Boys of Sudan
Directing/Director2002 From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Production/Producer2002 From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Camera/Camera Operator2001 The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
Directing/Director2001 The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
Camera/Assistant Camera1999 Bird by Bird with Annie: A Film Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott
Editing/Assistant Editor1997 Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

TV Shows/Series with Jon Shenk as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2023 Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever
Camera/Camera Operator2023 Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever

Other names for Jon Shenk (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Jonathan Shenk"
Jon Shenk frequently works together with these people:
Bonni Cohen (7x, Crew)
Richard Berge (6x, Crew)
Jon Else (5x, Crew)
Ryan Coogler (4x, Crew)
Ludwig Göransson (4x, Crew)
Sara Dosa (4x, Crew)
Don Bernier (4x, Crew)
Patrick Kollman (4x, Crew)
Freida Lee Mock (3x, Crew)
Regina K. Scully (3x, Crew)
Barbara Dobkin (3x, Crew)
Pedro Kos (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:113039, Added: 06/27/2018, Last updated: 06/28/2025