Biography
Dawn Porter is an American documentary film director, producer, and founder of production company Trilogy Films. Her documentaries have screened at The Sundance Film Festival and other festivals as well as on HBO, CNN, Netflix, Hulu, PBS and elsewhere. She has made biographical documentaries about a number of historical figures including Robert F. Kennedy, Vernon Jordan, Nelson Mandela and John Lewis and has collaborated with Oprah and Prince Harry.
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Awards & recognition
- National Humanities Medal · 2023
Filmography23 titles
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
Luther: Never Too Much
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
The Way I See It
Bobby Kennedy for President
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Aftershock
Spies of Mississippi
Gideon's Army
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Merkel
Trapped
Power of the Dream
The Lady Bird Diaries
The Me You Can't See
Philly D.A.
Serious Moonlight
John Lewis: Good Trouble
37 Words
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Edge of Daybreak
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain