Ian Cheney is an American documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and producer.

[2] Cheney received bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale University in 2002 and 2003.

[5] He shared a Peabody Award in 2008 for King Corn, which he co-produced and starred in.

[7] Cheney received an Emmy nomination in 2013 for his film The City Dark, which aired on PBS' POV.

[8] Cheney's 2018 film, The Most Unknown, was released in theaters in May, then on Netflix in 25 languages in the summer,[9] and finally posted in nine individual episodes in YouTube.