5.0
Movie
Directing
Dawn Porter
- Credits
- 32 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
5.0
Movie
7.8
Movie
The Way I See It
7.3
Movie
Aftershock
7.8
TV
Bobby Kennedy for President
7.1
Movie
Gideon's Army
7.0
Movie
Merkel
7.0
Movie
Trapped
4.7
Movie
John Lewis: Good Trouble
8.0
Movie
Luther: Never Too Much
7.7
Movie
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
6.3
Movie
The Lady Bird Diaries
7.3
Movie
Spies of Mississippi
2.3
TV
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
6.1
TV
Philly D.A.
6.3
TV
The Me You Can't See
7.7
Movie
Power of the Dream
7.0
TV
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
8.0
Movie
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Crew credits 32
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage Film | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 2026 | When a Witness Recants Film | Director, Producer |
| 2026 | Harvest Film | Executive Producer |
| 2026 | Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story Film | Director |
| 2025 | Edge of Daybreak Film | Director, Producer |
| 2025 | Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2024 | The Sing Sing Chronicles TV | Director, Executive Producer (4 ep) |
| 2024 | Luther: Never Too Much Film | Director, Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Power of the Dream Film | Director, Producer |
| 2024 | Rebel Nun Film | Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Lady Bird Diaries Film | Producer, Director |
| 2023 | Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court TV | Director, Executive Producer (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Merkel Film | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net Film | Director, Executive Producer |
| 2022 | 37 Words TV | Director (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Aftershock Film | Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance Film | Director |
| 2021 | Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer Film | Director, Producer |
| 2021 | The Me You Can't See TV | Executive Producer, Director (6 ep) |
| 2021 | Philly D.A. TV | Executive Producer (8 ep) |
| 2021 | Women Who Make History Film | Director |
| 2020 | Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain Film | Director |
| 2020 | The Way I See It Film | Director, Producer |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good Trouble Film | Director, Producer |
| 2018 | Voting Matters Film | Director |
| 2018 | The Racial Politics of Abortion Film | Director |
| 2018 | Bobby Kennedy for President TV | Director, Executive Producer (4 ep) |
| 2016 | Trapped Film | Director |
| 2015 | My Brother’s Keeper Film | Director |
| 2014 | Spies of Mississippi Film | Director, Producer |
| 2013 | Gideon's Army Film | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2009 | Serious Moonlight Film | Executive Producer |