Dawn Porter
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.
Known for
Filmography
- —Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a MarriageWinnie and Nelson: Portrait of a MarriageFilm · Writer, Producer, Director
- 2026HarvestHarvestFilm · Executive Producer
- 2026Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt StoryFilm · Director
- 2026When a Witness RecantsFilm · Director, Producer
- 2025Edge of DaybreakEdge of DaybreakFilm · Director, Producer
- 2025Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015Series · Executive Producer
- 2024The Sing Sing ChroniclesSeries · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- 2024Luther: Never Too MuchFilm · Director, Executive Producer
- 2024Power of the DreamFilm · Director, Producer
- 2024Rebel NunRebel NunFilm · Executive Producer
- 2023The Lady Bird DiariesFilm · Producer, Director
- 2023Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme CourtSeries · Executive Producer, Director
- 2022MerkelFilm · Executive Producer
- 2022Cirque du Soleil: Without a NetFilm · Director, Producer, Executive Producer
- 202237 WordsSeries · Director
- 2022AftershockFilm · Executive Producer
- 2021Bree Wayy: Promise Witness RemembranceFilm · Director
- 2021Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red SummerFilm · Director, Producer
- 2021The Me You Can't SeeSeries · Executive Producer, Director
- 2021Philly D.A.Series · Executive Producer
- 2021Women Who Make HistoryWomen Who Make HistoryFilm · Director
- 2020Vernon Jordan: Make it PlainFilm · Director
- 2020The Way I See ItFilm · Director, Producer★ 7.8
- 2020John Lewis: Good TroubleFilm · Director, Producer
- 2018Voting MattersFilm · Director
- 2018The Racial Politics of AbortionFilm · Director
- 2018Bobby Kennedy for PresidentSeries · Director, Executive Producer
- 2016TrappedFilm · Director
- 2015My Brother’s KeeperFilm · Director
- 2014Spies of MississippiFilm · Director, Producer
- 2013Gideon's ArmyFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2009Serious MoonlightFilm · Executive Producer★ 5.0
