Portrait of Dawn Porter

Directing

Dawn Porter

Career

Active from 2013 to 2026, busiest in 2021 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for When a Witness Recants
When a Witness Recants
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dawn Porter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Romance
    1.8, average 3.8
  • Crime
    1.8, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Documentary 4
  • Social Justice 4
  • Thought-Provoking 4
  • Behind-the-Scenes 3
  • Biographical 3
  • Inspirational 3
  • Political Documentary 3
  • American History 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Inspiring 2
  • Civil Rights 2
  • Archival Footage 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage

Producer, Writer

2020s

17 titles Β· average score 74
When a Witness Recants
When a Witness Recants (2026)
GoodWatch score 88

Director, Producer

Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story
Breaking Glass: The Pat Summitt Story (2026)

Director

Luther: Never Too Much
Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
GoodWatch score 85

Executive Producer, Director

Power of the Dream
Power of the Dream (2024)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Producer

The Lady Bird Diaries
The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

Producer, Director

Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net
Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net (2022)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer, Executive Producer

Merkel
Merkel (2022)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer

Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021)

Producer, Director

Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance
Bree Wayy: Promise Witness Remembrance (2021)

Director

The Way I See It
The Way I See It (2020)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer, Director

John Lewis: Good Trouble
John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain
Vernon Jordan: Make it Plain (2020)

Director

2010s

6 titles Β· average score 78
The Racial Politics of Abortion
The Racial Politics of Abortion (2018)

Director

Voting Matters
Voting Matters (2018)

Director

Trapped
Trapped (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

My Brother’s Keeper
My Brother’s Keeper (2015)

Director

Spies of Mississippi
Spies of Mississippi (2014)

Producer, Director

Gideon's Army
Gideon's Army (2013)
GoodWatch score 86

Writer, Producer

2000s

1 title Β· average score 36
Serious Moonlight
Serious Moonlight (2009)
GoodWatch score 36

Executive Producer