Directed credits
19
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Dawn Porter
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 16Directed series: 3All crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 1140441
IMDb ID: nm2929021
Known for: Directing
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2009 - 2026
Years active: 18
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q16829011
Frequent jobs
Director (19)Executive Producer (7)Producer (2)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Dawn Porter.
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
Director
2026 Movie
When a Witness Recants
Director
2026 Movie
Edge of Daybreak
Director
2025 Movie
Luther: Never Too Much
Director
2024 Movie
Power of the Dream
Director
2024 Movie
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Director
2022 Movie
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
Director
2021 Movie
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Director
2021 Movie
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
Director
2020 Movie
The Way I See It
Director
2020 Movie
Voting Matters
Director
2018 Movie
The Racial Politics of Abortion
Director
2018 Movie
Trapped
Director
2016 Movie
My Brother’s Keeper
Director
2015 Movie
Spies of Mississippi
Director
2014 Movie
Gideon's Army
Director
2013 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Dawn Porter.
The Sing Sing Chronicles
Director • 4 eps
2024 Series
37 Words
Director • 4 eps
2022 Series
Bobby Kennedy for President
Director • 4 eps
2018 Series
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Dawn Porter.
Serious Moonlight
Executive Producer
2009 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Dawn Porter.
Serious Moonlight
Executive Producer
2009 Movie
The Way I See It
Director
2020 Movie
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Producer
2020 Movie
When a Witness Recants
Director
2026 Movie
Power of the Dream
Director
2024 Movie
Luther: Never Too Much
Director
2024 Movie
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
Director
2026 Movie
The Lady Bird Diaries
Producer
2023 Movie
Merkel
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Director
2022 Movie
Aftershock
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Director
2021 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Dawn Porter.
The Me You Can't See
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2021 Series
Bobby Kennedy for President
Director • 4 eps
2018 Series
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2025 Series
37 Words
Director • 4 eps
2022 Series
Philly D.A.
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2021 Series
The Sing Sing Chronicles
Director • 4 eps
2024 Series
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Dawn Porter.
The Lady Bird Diaries
Producer
2023 Movie
Merkel
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Aftershock
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Producer
2020 Movie
Serious Moonlight
Executive Producer
2009 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Dawn Porter.
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2025 Series
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
The Me You Can't See
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2021 Series
Philly D.A.
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2021 Series