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Dawn Porter
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.
Awards & recognition
- National Humanities Medal · 2023
Filmography21 titles
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
2026Director
2026Director
Luther: Never Too Much
2024Director, Executive Producer
2024Director, Executive Producer
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
2021Director
2021Director
The Way I See It
2020Director, Producer
2020Director, Producer
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018Director, Executive Producer
2018Director, Executive Producer
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
2022Director, Executive Producer, Producer
2022Director, Executive Producer, Producer
Aftershock
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer
Spies of Mississippi
2014Director, Producer
2014Director, Producer
Gideon's Army
2013Director, Producer, Writer
2013Director, Producer, Writer
Merkel
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer
Trapped
2016Director
2016Director
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Director, Executive Producer
Director, Executive Producer
Power of the Dream
2024Director, Producer
2024Director, Producer
The Lady Bird Diaries
2023Director, Producer
2023Director, Producer
The Me You Can't See
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Philly D.A.
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Serious Moonlight
2009Executive Producer
2009Executive Producer
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2020Director, Producer
2020Director, Producer
37 Words
Director
Director
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
2020Director
2020Director