Dawn Porter Biography

Awards

• 2013Grand Jury Prize-Knight Documentary Competition: winner
• 2013Audience Award-Knight Documentary Competition: winner
• 2013Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2014Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television: nominated
• 2014Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2014Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: nominated
• 2014Emmy-Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form: nominated
• 2016Global Health Competition-Best Film: nominated
• 2016ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman-Direction: winner
• 2016Grand Jury Prize-Knight Documentary Competition: nominated
• 2016SXSW Gamechanger Award-: nominated
• 2016Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
• 2016Special Jury Prize-Documentary: winner
• 2016Stanley Kubrick Award-Special Mention: winner
• 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2021Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2021Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: nominated
• 2021Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2021Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema-: winner
• 2021Gotham Independent Film Award-Breakthrough Nonfiction Series: winner
• 2022Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated
• 2022Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture): nominated
• 2022IDA Award-Best Multi-Part Documentary: nominated
• 2023IDA Award-Best Multi-Part Documentary: nominated
• 2023Louis Black/Lone Star Award-: winner
• 2024Independent Spirit Award-Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Top 20 Audience Favorites: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Best of Festival-Best Film: winner
• 2024Golden Gate Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Industry Audience Award Winner: winner
• 2024Golden Space Needle Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Portraits: winner
• 2024Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2024Chronicler Award-: winner
• 2025Black Reel-Outstanding Documentary: winner
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series: nominated
• 2025Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (TV or Film): winner
• 2025IDA Award-Best Episodic Series: nominated
• 2025Emmy-Best Documentary: winner
• 2026Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series: nominated