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Dawn Porter
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Cleveland International Film Festival (2)
Gotham Awards (1)
Image Awards (NAACP) (1)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (3)
International Documentary Association (3)
Miami Film Festival (3)
News & Documentary Emmy Awards (1)
Philadelphia Film Festival (1)
San Francisco International Film Festival (1)
Seattle International Film Festival (1)
Sundance Film Festival (3)
SXSW Film Festival (2)
Vancouver International Film Festival (1)
Sarasota Film Festival (1)
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (1)
Black Reel Awards (3)
Virginia Film Festival (2)
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (1)
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US (4)
Traverse City Film Festival (1)
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) (2)
Roxbury International Film Festival (1)
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (2)
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (1)
18 wins & 24 nominations
Cleveland International Film Festival
2016 Winner
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Direction
Trapped
2016 Nominee
Global Health Competition
Best Film
Trapped
Shared with:
Francisco La Torre
Gotham Awards
2021 Winner
Gotham Independent Film Award
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
Philly D.A.
Shared with:
Ted Passon
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Yoni Brook
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Nicole Salazar
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Sally Jo Fifer
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Lois Vossen
·
Ryan Chanatry
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Gena Konstantinakos
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Jeff Seelbach
·
Patty Quillin
Image Awards (NAACP)
2022 Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2024 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Shared with:
Vinnie Malhotra
·
Aaron Saidman
·
Eli Holzman
2022 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Philly D.A.
Shared with:
Ted Passon
·
Yoni Brook
·
Nicole Salazar
·
Josh Penn
·
Michael Gottwald
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
·
Ryan Chanatry
·
Gena Konstantinakos
·
Jeff Seelbach
·
Patty Quillin
·
Nion McEvoy
·
Leslie Berriman
2014 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Documentary
Gideon's Army
Shared with:
Julie Goldman
International Documentary Association
2024 Winner
Career Achievement Award
2023 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Shared with:
Eli Holzman
·
Aaron Saidman
·
Vinnie Malhotra
2022 Nominee
IDA Award
Best Multi-Part Documentary
Philly D.A.
Shared with:
Ted Passon
·
Yoni Brook
·
Nicole Salazar
·
Josh Penn
·
Michael Gottwald
·
Sally Jo Fifer
·
Lois Vossen
·
Nion McEvoy
·
Patty Quillin
·
Jeff Seelbach
·
Ryan Chanatry
·
Gena Konstantinakos
Miami Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Knight Documentary Competition
Trapped
2013 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
Knight Documentary Competition
Gideon's Army
2013 Winner
Audience Award
Knight Documentary Competition
Gideon's Army
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
2014 Nominee
Emmy
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
Gideon's Army
Shared with:
Sheila Nevins
·
Nancy Abraham
·
Jacqueline Glover
·
Julie Goldman
Philadelphia Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award
Documentary Feature
Luther: Never Too Much
San Francisco International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
Golden Gate Award
Best Documentary Feature
Luther: Never Too Much
Seattle International Film Festival
2024 Nominee
Golden Space Needle Award
Best Documentary
Luther: Never Too Much
4th Place
Sundance Film Festival
2016 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Trapped
Shared with:
Francisco La Torre
2016 Winner
Special Jury Prize
Documentary
Trapped
Shared with:
Francisco La Torre
2013 Nominee
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary
Gideon's Army
SXSW Film Festival
2023 Winner
Louis Black/Lone Star Award
The Lady Bird Diaries
2016 Nominee
SXSW Gamechanger Award
Trapped
Vancouver International Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award
Portraits
Luther: Never Too Much
Sarasota Film Festival
2024 Winner
Audience Award
Industry Audience Award Winner
Luther: Never Too Much
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2024 Nominee
Audience Award
Top 20 Audience Favorites
Luther: Never Too Much
Black Reel Awards
2025 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
Luther: Never Too Much
2021 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2021 Nominee
Black Reel
Outstanding Documentary
The Way I See It
Virginia Film Festival
2024 Winner
Chronicler Award
Luther: Never Too Much
2024 Winner
Audience Award
Documentary Feature
Luther: Never Too Much
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
2020 Winner
Career Award
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
2025 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film
The Lady Bird Diaries
2025 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
2021 Nominee
Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2014 Nominee
Cinema Eye Honors Award
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking for Television
Gideon's Army
Shared with:
Julie Goldman
·
Sheila Nevins
·
Nancy Abraham
Traverse City Film Festival
2016 Winner
Stanley Kubrick Award
Special Mention
Trapped
Shared with:
Francisco La Torre
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
2021 Winner
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
John Lewis: Good Trouble
2014 Nominee
Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
Gideon's Army
Shared with:
Matthew Hamachek
Roxbury International Film Festival
2024 Winner
Best of Festival
Best Film
Luther: Never Too Much
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
2022 Winner
Impact Award
2020 Nominee
Critics' Choice Documentary Award
Best Director
John Lewis: Good Trouble
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle
2021 Winner
Marlon Riggs Award
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