Dawn Porter

Career Overview

Dawn Porter has 42 screen credits in a career dating back to 2009. Signature works include When a Witness Recants, The Sing Sing Chronicles, The Way I See It. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

female

Known Credits

42

Known For

• 

  When a Witness Recants
• 

  The Sing Sing Chronicles
• 

  The Way I See It
• 

  Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
• 

  Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
• 

  John Lewis: Good Trouble

Frequent Collaborators

• Lyndon B. Johnson (3 collaborations)
• Barack Obama (2 collaborations)
• George W. Bush (2 collaborations)
• Hillary Clinton (2 collaborations)
• Ronald Reagan (2 collaborations)
• Martin Luther King Jr. (2 collaborations)
• Pete Souza (1 collaborations)
• Donald Trump (1 collaborations)
• Samantha Power (1 collaborations)
• Susan Rice (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (18 credits)

  • When a Witness Recants

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Harvest

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • Edge of Daybreak

    producer

    production
    2025
  • The Sing Sing Chronicles

    executive producer

    production

    - A Bombshell (2024) ... executive producer production

    - Another One (2024) ... executive producer production

    - A Murder in Harlem (2024) ... executive producer production

    - Murder at the Palladium (2024) ... executive producer production
    2024
  • Luther: Never Too Much

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • Power of the Dream

    producer

    production
    2024
  • Rebel Nun

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • The Lady Bird Diaries

    producer

    production
    2023
  • Merkel

    executive producer

    production
    2022
  • Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Aftershock

    executive producer

    production
    2022
  • Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Way I See It

    producer

    production
    2020
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    producer

    production
    2020
  • Spies of Mississippi

    producer

    production
    2014
  • Gideon's Army

    producer

    production
    2013
  • Serious Moonlight

    executive producer

    production
    2009

• directing (21 credits)

  • When a Witness Recants

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Edge of Daybreak

    director

    directing
    2025
  • The Sing Sing Chronicles

    director

    directing

    - A Bombshell (2024) ... director directing

    - Another One (2024) ... director directing

    - A Murder in Harlem (2024) ... director directing

    - Murder at the Palladium (2024) ... director directing
    2024
  • Luther: Never Too Much

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Power of the Dream

    director

    directing
    2024
  • The Lady Bird Diaries

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Women Who Make History

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain

    director

    directing
    2020
  • The Way I See It

    director

    directing
    2020
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Voting Matters

    director

    directing
    2018
  • The Racial Politics of Abortion

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Trapped

    director

    directing
    2016
  • My Brother’s Keeper

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Spies of Mississippi

    director

    directing
    2014
  • Gideon's Army

    director

    directing
    2013

• writing (2 credits)

  • Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Gideon's Army

    writer

    writing
    2013

• creators (1 credits)

  • The Sing Sing Chronicles

    creator

    creators
    2024