Dawn Porter
Birth Name:
Dawn Porter
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Camera department
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 CinemaNominated
- 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 AwardNominated
- 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 PrizeNominated
- 2021Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia CinemaWinner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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