Dawn Porter

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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.

Known For

7.8

Bobby Kennedy for President

2018

5.0

Serious Moonlight

2009

6.1

Philly D.A.

2021

6.3

The Me You Can't See

2021

7.8

The Way I See It

2020

2.3

Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015

2025

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Filmography

2026
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt StoryFilm
Director
★ 9.0
2026
When a Witness RecantsFilm
Director
2025
Edge of DaybreakFilm
Director
2024
Luther: Never Too MuchFilm
Director
★ 7.7
2024
Power of the DreamFilm
Director
★ 7.7
2024
The Sing Sing ChroniclesTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 10.0
2023
The Lady Bird DiariesFilm
Director
★ 6.3
2023
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme CourtTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
Cirque du Soleil: Without a NetFilm
Director
★ 7.7
2022
37 WordsTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 4.0
2021
The Me You Can't SeeTV
Director • 1 episodes
★ 6.3
2021
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red SummerFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2021
Women Who Make HistoryFilm
Director
★ 9.0
2021
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness RemembranceFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2020
The Way I See ItFilm
Director
★ 7.8
2020
John Lewis: Good TroubleFilm
Director
★ 4.7
2020
Vernon Jordan: Make it PlainFilm
Director
2018
Bobby Kennedy for PresidentTV
Director • 4 episodes
★ 7.8
2018
The Racial Politics of AbortionFilm
Director
2018
Voting MattersFilm
Director
2016
TrappedFilm
Director
★ 7.0
2015
My Brother’s KeeperFilm
Director
2014
Spies of MississippiFilm
Director
★ 7.3
2013
Gideon's ArmyFilm
Director
★ 7.1