Dawn Porter

Personal Info

Known For: Directing

Biography

Dawn Porter is an American documentary filmmaker known for Trapped (2016), Gideon's Army (2013) and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) and founder of production company Trilogy Films.

Directing

Women Who Make History

Director
2021
9.0

Gideon's Army

Director
2013
7.1

Spies of Mississippi

Director
2014
7.3

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance

Director
2021
8.0

My Brother’s Keeper

Director
2015
0.0

Luther: Never Too Much

Director
2024
8.8

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

Director
2022
7.3

Trapped

Director
2016
7.0

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Director
0.0

The Racial Politics of Abortion

Director
2018
0.0

The Lady Bird Diaries

Director
2023
8.0

Power of the Dream

Director
2024
6.5

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Director
2020
4.6

The Way I See It

Director
2020
7.7

Voting Matters

Director
2018
0.0

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

Director
2020
0.0

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Director
2021
8.0

Edge of Daybreak

Director
0.0

Bobby Kennedy for President

Director
2018
7.7

The Me You Can't See

Director
2021
6.3

37 Words

Director
2022
4.0

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Director
2023
10.0

The Sing Sing Chronicles

Director
2024
0.0

Production

Aftershock

Executive Producer
2022
7.4

Luther: Never Too Much

Executive Producer
2024
8.8

Serious Moonlight

Executive Producer
2009
5.0

Merkel

Executive Producer
2022
6.8

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

Executive Producer
2022
7.3

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

Producer
2022
7.3

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Producer
0.0

The Lady Bird Diaries

Producer
2023
8.0

Rebel Nun

Executive Producer
2024
0.0

Power of the Dream

Producer
2024
6.5

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Producer
2020
4.6

Spies of Mississippi

Producer
2014
7.3

The Way I See It

Producer
2020
7.7

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Producer
2021
8.0

Edge of Daybreak

Producer
0.0

Bobby Kennedy for President

Executive Producer
2018
7.7

The Me You Can't See

Executive Producer
2021
6.3

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Executive Producer
2023
10.0

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015

Executive Producer
2025
5.5

Writing

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Writer
0.0

Gideon's Army

Writer
2013
7.1

Creator

The Sing Sing Chronicles

Creator
2024
0.0