Dawn Porter
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Dawn Porter
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
Serious Moonlight
50%
Executive Producer
2009
The Way I See It
78%
Director
2020
Aftershock
73%
Executive Producer
2022
Bobby Kennedy for President
78%
Director
2018
Gideon's Army
71%
Director
2013
Merkel
70%
Executive Producer
2022
Trapped
70%
Director
2016
John Lewis: Good Trouble
47%
Director
2020
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
90%
Director
2026
When a Witness Recants
Director
2026
When a Witness Recants
Producer
2026
Edge of Daybreak
Director
2025
Edge of Daybreak
Producer
2025
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
23%
Executive Producer
2025
The Sing Sing Chronicles
100%
Creator
2024
The Sing Sing Chronicles
100%
Director
2024
The Sing Sing Chronicles
100%
Executive Producer
2024
Luther: Never Too Much
80%
Director
2024
Luther: Never Too Much
80%
Executive Producer
2024
Power of the Dream
77%
Director
2024
Power of the Dream
77%
Producer
2024
Rebel Nun
Executive Producer
2024
The Lady Bird Diaries
63%
Producer
2023
The Lady Bird Diaries
63%
Director
2023
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
70%
Director
2023
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
70%
Executive Producer
2023
Merkel
70%
Executive Producer
2022
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
77%
Director
2022
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
77%
Executive Producer
2022
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
77%
Producer
2022
37 Words
40%
Director
2022
Aftershock
73%
Executive Producer
2022
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
80%
Director
2021
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
80%
Director
2021
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
80%
Producer
2021
The Me You Can't See
66%
Executive Producer
2021