Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

Directing

25 films as director · Active 2013–2026

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.

Directed(25)

When a Witness Recants

2026When a Witness Recants

Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story

2026Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story★ 9.0

2025Edge of Daybreak

Luther: Never Too Much

2024Luther: Never Too Much★ 8.0

Power of the Dream

2024Power of the Dream★ 7.7

The Lady Bird Diaries

2023The Lady Bird Diaries★ 6.3

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

2022Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net★ 7.7

2021Women Who Make History★ 9.0

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance

2021Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance★ 8.0

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

2021Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer★ 8.0

John Lewis: Good Trouble

2020John Lewis: Good Trouble★ 4.1

The Way I See It

2020The Way I See It★ 7.8

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

2020Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

The Racial Politics of Abortion

2018The Racial Politics of Abortion

Voting Matters

2018Voting Matters

Trapped

2016Trapped★ 7.0

My Brother’s Keeper

2015My Brother’s Keeper

Spies of Mississippi

2014Spies of Mississippi★ 7.3

Gideon's Army

2013Gideon's Army★ 7.1

—Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

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