Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

Directing
32 credits National Humanities Medal 1

Awards

Won 1 National Humanities Medal Award

National Humanities Medal 1 won

  • 2023 National Humanities Medal Won

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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.
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Filmography
Directing 25 credits
The Me You Can't See
The Me You Can't See
2021 · Director, Executive Producer
Bobby Kennedy for President
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 · Director, Executive Producer
When a Witness Recants
When a Witness Recants
2026 · Director, Producer
The Way I See It
The Way I See It
2020 · Director, Producer
37 Words
37 Words
2022 · Director
The Sing Sing Chronicles
The Sing Sing Chronicles
2024 · Creator, Director, Executive Producer
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020 · Director, Producer
The Lady Bird Diaries
The Lady Bird Diaries
2023 · Director, Producer
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
2026 · Director
Spies of Mississippi
Spies of Mississippi
2014 · Director, Producer
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
2021 · Director, Producer
Luther: Never Too Much
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 · Director, Executive Producer
Gideon's Army
Gideon's Army
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
2023 · Director, Executive Producer
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
2022 · Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Power of the Dream
Power of the Dream
2024 · Director, Producer
My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper
2015 · Director
Trapped
Trapped
2016 · Director
Women Who Make History
Women Who Make History
2021 · Director
The Racial Politics of Abortion
The Racial Politics of Abortion
2018 · Director
Edge of Daybreak
Edge of Daybreak
2025 · Director, Producer
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
2020 · Director
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
2021 · Director
Voting Matters
Voting Matters
2018 · Director
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
· Director, Writer, Producer
Producing 23 credits
The Me You Can't See
The Me You Can't See
2021 · Director, Executive Producer
Bobby Kennedy for President
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 · Director, Executive Producer
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
2025 · Executive Producer
Serious Moonlight
Serious Moonlight
2009 · ★ 5.0 · Executive Producer
When a Witness Recants
When a Witness Recants
2026 · Director, Producer
The Way I See It
The Way I See It
2020 · Director, Producer
The Sing Sing Chronicles
The Sing Sing Chronicles
2024 · Creator, Director, Executive Producer
Harvest
Harvest
2026 · Executive Producer
Philly D.A.
Philly D.A.
2021 · Executive Producer
John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020 · Director, Producer
The Lady Bird Diaries
The Lady Bird Diaries
2023 · Director, Producer
Aftershock
Aftershock
2022 · Executive Producer
Spies of Mississippi
Spies of Mississippi
2014 · Director, Producer
Merkel
Merkel
2022 · Executive Producer
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
2021 · Director, Producer
Luther: Never Too Much
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 · Director, Executive Producer
Gideon's Army
Gideon's Army
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
2023 · Director, Executive Producer
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
2022 · Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Power of the Dream
Power of the Dream
2024 · Director, Producer
Rebel Nun
Rebel Nun
2024 · Executive Producer
Edge of Daybreak
Edge of Daybreak
2025 · Director, Producer
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
· Director, Writer, Producer
Writing 3 credits
The Sing Sing Chronicles
The Sing Sing Chronicles
2024 · Creator, Director, Executive Producer
Gideon's Army
Gideon's Army
2013 · Director, Writer, Producer
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
· Director, Writer, Producer
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