Talk:Jon Shenk

Filmography corrections and COI edit request

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Add Lead Me Home to Directed Features

Currently missing from the Directed Features list despite being mentioned in the intro. Please add: Lead Me Home (2021, co-directed with Pedro Kos)

Correct The White House Effect

Move to Directed Features and fix directors. Currently listed only under Cinematographer Credits, but Jon Shenk was a director, not cinematographer. The film was co-directed by Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, and Jon Shenk. Please remove from Cinematographer Credits and add to Directed Features: The White House Effect (2024, co-directed with Bonni Cohen and Pedro Kos), premiered Telluride Film Festival 2024

Add In Waves and War to Directed Features, Producing Credits, and Cinematographer Credits

This film is missing entirely. Please add:

• Directed Features: In Waves and War (2024, co-directed with Bonni Cohen), premiered Telluride Film Festival 2024
• Producing Credits: In Waves and War (2024, co-producer with Bonni Cohen)
• Cinematographer Credits: In Waves and War (2024)

Add Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore to Cinematographer Credits

This film is missing. Please add: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025), premiered Sundance Film Festival 2025

Add missing awards

For The White House Effect (2024):

• Winner — Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary
• Nominee — Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• Nominee — Hollywood Professional Association, Outstanding Sound – Documentary
• Finalist — Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film

For In Waves and War (2024):

• Winner — Cinema Eye Honors, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design (2026), shared with Gergely Wootsch and Marcus Armitage
• Winner — Doc Edge Festival, Best International Sound (2025)
• Winner — Coast Film & Music Festival, WaveMaker Award (2024)

6. Request removal of maintenance tags

The {{BLP sources}} tag was added in August 2021. Since then, numerous citations have been added throughout the Career and Awards sections. I believe the sourcing is now sufficient to remove this tag. The {{COI}} tag was added in September 2021. This edit request is being made transparently via the Talk page per Wikipedia's COI guidelines. I would ask that an uninvolved editor review and, if the proposed changes are accepted, assess whether the COI tag is still warranted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guzmantostada (talk • contribs)

Comment: @Guzmantostada: Please provide references as usable citations, rather than raw urls. It would also be very helpful if you put the citations into the numbered edit requests, rather than as a single paragraph string of notes/urls. Please remember that we are all volunteers and this lengthy request may take some time to be addressed. — ERcheck (talk) 23:37, 16 April 2026 (UTC)

Following up on the feedback above — I've reformatted the request with inline citations attached to each numbered item and added wikilinks for every film and award. Per Spintendo's note, I'll raise the {{BLP sources}} tag separately with the editor who placed it rather than requesting removal here. Thank you both. Guzmantostada (talk) 01:14, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

1. Add Lead Me Home to Directed Features

Currently mentioned in the intro but missing from the Directed Features list. Please add:

• Lead Me Home (2021, co-directed with Pedro Kos)

2. Move The White House Effect to Directed Features and correct the credit

Currently listed under Cinematographer Credits, but Jon Shenk was a director on this film, not the cinematographer. Please remove it from Cinematographer Credits and add to Directed Features:

• The White House Effect (2024, co-directed with Bonni Cohen and Pedro Kos), premiered at the Telluride Film Festival 2024

3. Add In Waves and War to Directed, Producing, and Cinematographer Credits

This film is missing entirely. Please add:

• Directed Features: In Waves and War (2024, co-directed with Bonni Cohen), premiered at the Telluride Film Festival 2024
• Producing Credits: In Waves and War (2024)
• Cinematographer Credits: In Waves and War (2024)

4. Add Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore to Cinematographer Credits

Please add:

• Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2025

5. Add missing awards

• Winner — Film Independent Spirit Award, Truer Than Fiction, Lost Boys of Sudan (2004), shared with Megan Mylan
• Winner — Peabody Award, Audrie & Daisy (2017)
• Winner — News & Documentary Emmy Award, Outstanding Investigative Documentary, Athlete A (2021), co-directed with Bonni Cohen
• Winner — People's Choice Documentary Award, Toronto International Film Festival, The Island President (2011)
• Nominee — Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, Lead Me Home (94th Academy Awards, 2022), shared with Pedro Kos
• Nominee — Peabody Award, The White House Effect (2025)
• Finalist — Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, The White House Effect (2025)
• Winner — WaveMaker Award, Coast Film & Music Festival, In Waves and War (2024). (Noting this festival does not appear to have a standalone article; included for completeness, and I defer to the reviewer on whether it meets the notability threshold.)

6. Regarding the maintenance tags

Per Spintendo's suggestion, I will contact the editor who placed the {{BLP sources}} tag on their own talk page and direct them back to this discussion, rather than requesting its removal here.

References

Sources

Cinema Eye Honors win: https://www.goldderby.com/film/2026/2026-cinema-eye-honors-full-winners-list/ Doc Edge awards: https://docedge.nz/awards-2025-mighty-indeed-and-the-pool-take-top-honours-and-oscar-consideration/ Coast Film Festival awards: https://www.coastfilmfestival.com/2024-event-recap Golden Reel / Critics Choice / HPA: https://departmentofmotionpictures.com/films/the-white-house-effect/ Lavine/Ken Burns Prize: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_House_Effect Marlee Matlin / Sundance + IWAW director credits: https://dcdoxfest.com/films/in-waves-and-war/ Variety review confirming IWAW Telluride premiere and credits: https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/in-waves-and-war-review-telluride-1236128781/ Thank you for your time in reviewing these changes.</nowiki> Guzmantostada (talk) 00:55, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Bumping this edit request, which has been pending for several weeks. The full list of proposed changes is detailed above, including filmography corrections, new credits, award additions, and a request to review maintenance tags. All changes include cited sources. Thank you to any editor who can take a look. — Guzmantostada Guzmantostada (talk) 22:27, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

In reviewing this, I'll say that anything which may be added to the article ought to be independently notable. To that end, please add the H:WIKILINKS of any film asking to be added to the article (this includes the WikiLinks for any awards requested to be added). As far as {{BLP sources}}, it is recommended that, as a courtesy, you first try asking the editor who assigned the template in order to find out from them if it can be removed. Since they placed the template, they are in the best position to know whether or not the issues which caused its placement have been corrected. Since they are likely not privy to this particular edit request, you can contact them directly by placing a new message on their own talk page, and then, perhaps, redirecting them back to this discussion. When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the {{Edit COI}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n. Thank you! Regards,  Spintendo  00:05, 9 June 2026 (UTC)