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Dawn Porter

Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
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 & Shows on Plex

  • Serious Moonlight
  • Merkel

Known For

  • Bobby Kennedy for President
  • The Way I See It
  • The Me You Can't See
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • Gideon's Army
  • Luther: Never Too Much
  • The Lady Bird Diaries
  • Trapped
  • Eyes on the Prize
  • Aftershock
  • Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
  • Power of the Dream
  • Spies of Mississippi
  • Merkel
  • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
  • Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
  • The New Yorker Presents
  • Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
  • The Sing Sing Chronicles
  • Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain

Dawn Porter Filmography

2020
2020
GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self
2019
Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self
2017
Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2011
PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton (TV Series) · as Self
2006
Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Democracy Now! (TV Series) · as Self
1996
Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

2026
2025
2024
The Sing Sing Chronicles (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2024
Luther: Never Too Much · as Executive Producer
2024
2023
2023
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2022
Merkel · as Executive Producer
2022
2022
Aftershock · as Executive Producer
2022
37 Words (TV Series)
2021
2021
The Me You Can't See (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2021
Philly D.A. (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2020
2020
2020
2018
2018
Bobby Kennedy for President (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2016
2014
2013
2009
Serious Moonlight · as Executive Producer
2009
2009
1999
Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1987
Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1983
Frontline (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2016
2013
1999
Independent Lens (TV Series)

2011
The Green · as Co-Executive Producer

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