Jon Shenk
Jon Shenk is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated documentary film director and director of photography,[1] known for his films Lead Me Home Athlete A, An Inconvenient Sequel, Audrie & Daisy,The Island President, Lost Boys of Sudan.
Career
Shenk has directed, photographed and produced numerous documentary feature films and shorts.[2] Shenk co-directed and photographed Athlete A[3][4] and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.[5] In 2016, Shenk co-directed and photographed the film Audrie & Daisy,[6] which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival[7] where it was acquired[8] by Netflix. Shenk is also the director and photographer of The Island President,[9][10] a documentary about the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed.
Filmography
Directed Features
- Athlete A (2020)
- Splash (2019, documentary short)
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
- Audrie & Daisy (2016)
- The Island President (2011)[11]
- Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)[4]
- The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (2001)
Producing Credits
- Freedom to Dream (2020, documentary short, executive producer)
- Jaiquan's Sketch (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Cooking for Life (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Sounds of Life (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Be Like Water (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Drawn to the Mat (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Just Breathe (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Nature: No App Required (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- Splash (2019, documentary short, executive producer)
- The Seer and the Unseen (2019, executive producer)
- Melting Ice (2017, documentary short, co-producer)
- Exposé: America's Investigative Reports (2007, series, producer, 1 episode)
- Blame Somebody Else
- The Rape of Europa (2006, producer)[12]
- P.O.V. (2004, series, producer, 1 episode)
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- Lost Boys of Sudan (2003, producer)
- From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II' (2002, producer)
Cinematographer Credits
- Freedom to Dream (2020, documentary short)
- Athlete A (2020)
- Sounds of Life (2019, documentary short)
- RUTH - Justice Ginsburg in her own Words (2019)[13]
- Just Breathe (2019, documentary short)
- An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
- Audrie & Daisy (2016, director of photography)
- A Kind of Order (2013)
- American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco (2013)
- The Revolutionary Optimists (2013)[14]
- The Battle of Amfar (2013, documentary short)
- Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)[15]
- The Island President (2011)
- The Burning Wigs of Sedition (2010, documentary short)
- National Geographic Explorer (2005-2010, series, 4 episodes)
- How Man Tamed the Wild (2010)
- Journey to an Alien Moon (2010)
- Nazi Mystery: Twins from Brazil (2009)
- Pyramids of Fire (2005)
- Through the Wormhole (2010, series, 1 episode)
- Are We Alone?
- Nourish: Food + Community (2009, documentary short)
- P.O.V. (2009, series, 1 episode)
- New Muslim Cool
- Exposé: America's Investigative Reports (2009, series, 1 episode)
- The People's Sheriff
- Smile Pinki (2008, documentary short)[16]
- Undercover History (2007, series, 1 episode)
- J. Edgar Hoover
- The Days and the Hours (2006, documentary short)
- Frontline (2006, series, 1 episode)
- A Hidden Life
- The Rape of Europa (2006)
- Secrets of Revelation (2006)
- The Human Behavior Experiments (2006)
- The New Heroes (2005, series, 1 episode)
- Power of Enterprise
- Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)
- Nova (2000, series, 1 episode)
- Runaway Universe (2000)
- Frozen Fisherman (1999)
- Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm (1998)
Awards
- 2003 International Documentary Association Award Nominee, Feature Documentary, Lost Boys of Sudan (2003), shared with Megan Mylan[17]
- 2004 Film Independent Spirit Award Winner, Truer Than Fiction, Lost Boys of Sudan (2003), shared with Megan Mylan
- 2005 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominee, Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form, P.O.V. (1988), Lost Boys of Sudan (2003), shared with Sally Jo Fifer (executive producer), Cara Mertes (executive producer), Frances Reid (executive producer), Megan Mylan (producer)
- 2005 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominee, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography, P.O.V. (1988), Lost Boys of Sudan (2003)
- 2006 News & Documentary Emmy Award Nominee, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography, The New Heroes (2005), shared with Banks Tarver (cinematographer) and Mitch Wilson (cinematographer)
- 2007 News & Documentary Emmy Award Winner, Outstanding Feature Story in a News Magazine, AIR: America's Investigative Reports (2006), shared with Tom Casciato (executive producer), Scott Davis (senior producer), Peter Nicks (co-producer), Stephen Segaller (executive in charge)
- 2011 DOC NYC Nominee, Viewfinders Grand Jury Prize, The Island President (2011)
- 2011 Toronto International Film Festival Award Winner, People's Choice Award Documentary, The Island President (2011)
- 2012 International Documentary Association Award Winner, Pare Lorentz Award, The Island President (2011), shared with Jon Else (executive producer), Bonni Cohen (producer), Richard Berge (producer)
- 2016 Sundance Film Festival Nominee, Grand Jury Prize, Audrie & Daisy (2016), shared with Bonni Cohen
- 2017 Cannes Film Festival Nominee, Golden Eye, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), shared with Bonni Cohen
- 2017 San Sebastián International Film Festival Award Winner, Greenpeace Lurra Award, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), shared with Bonni Cohen
- 2018 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Nominee, Best Documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017), shared with Bonni Cohen[18]
- 2020 Critics' Choice Documentary Award Nominee, Best Director, Athlete A (2020), shared with Bonni Cohen[19]
References
- "'Inconvenient Sequel' directors Bonnie Cohen and Jon Shenk bring hope to the climate crisis". Los Angeles Times. 2017-07-27. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "Jon Shenk". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- Carey, Matthew (2021-01-10). "'Athlete A' Directors Say USA Gymnastics Should Do More To End Culture Of Abuse – Contenders Documentary". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Wakeman, Jessica (2016-09-23). "Life After Sexual Assault: Inside Harrowing Doc 'Audrie & Daisy'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Roeper, Richard (2017-08-03). "Flawed 'Inconvenient Sequel' a valuable reminder of worsening crisis". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Felperin, Leslie (2016-01-26). "'Audrie & Daisy': Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Chai, Barbara (2015-12-02). "Sundance Film Festival Announces In-Competition Films for 2016 (See the Full List)". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Lang, Brent (2016-01-28). "Sundance: Netflix Strikes Again, Picking Up 'Audrie & Daisy'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- Scott, A. O. (2012-03-27). "In Paradise, and Closer Than Ever to Disaster". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "'The Island President,' a Stirring Documentary About a President and a Country Under Siege, Plays March 20 at SF Film Society Cinema". SFFILM. 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Pahle, Rebecca (2012-03-27). "Jon Shenk Gets Up Close and Personal with The Island President". MovieMaker Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Saltz, Rachel (2007-09-14). "Art, Lost and Found". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- producer., Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, on-screen participant. Golan, M. A., screenwriter. Mock, Freida Lee, film director, screenwriter, film, Ruth : Justice Ginsburg in her own words, OCLC 1236890008, retrieved 2021-08-24
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - "The Revolutionary Optimists: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Wood, Sura (2011-10-18). "Eames: The Architect and the Painter: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "The Island President's Jon Shenk on Turmoil in the Maldives". THIRTEEN - New York Public Media. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- "2003 IDA Documentary Awards Nominees". International Documentary Association. 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- film (2018-01-09). "The full list of nominations for the Baftas 2018". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- Thompson, Anne (2020-10-26). "'Crip Camp,' 'Gunda,' and 'Mr. Soul!' Lead Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-08-24.