Dawn Porter
Directing · Director · Executive Producer · Producer
Active 2009–present · Awards: National Humanities Medal
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.
Filmography
The Way I See It (2020) - Director · ProducerBobby Kennedy for President (2018) - Director · Executive ProducerSerious Moonlight (2009) - Executive ProducerAftershock (2022) - Executive ProducerThe Sing Sing Chronicles (2024) - Director · Executive Producer · CreatorLuther: Never Too Much (2024) - Director · Executive ProducerGideon's Army (2013) - Director · Writer · ProducerMerkel (2022) - Executive ProducerCirque du Soleil: Without a Net (2022) - Director · Executive Producer · ProducerTrapped (2016) - DirectorWomen Who Make History (2021) - DirectorBreaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story (2026) - DirectorSpies of Mississippi (2014) - Director · ProducerRise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021) - Director · ProducerPower of the Dream (2024) - Director · ProducerBree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance (2021) - DirectorThe Lady Bird Diaries (2023) - Producer · DirectorDeadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (2023) - Executive Producer · DirectorThe Me You Can't See (2021) - Executive Producer · DirectorPhilly D.A. (2021) - Executive ProducerJohn Lewis: Good Trouble (2020) - Producer · Director37 Words (2022) - DirectorEyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015 (2025) - Executive ProducerMy Brother’s Keeper (2015) - Director