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Dawn Porter

Awards

Dawn Porter

21 wins & 25 nominations

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Winner ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
    • Direction
    • Trapped
  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Nominee Global Health Competition
    • Best Film
    • Trapped
    Shared with: Francisco La Torre

Gotham Awards

  • Yoni Brook, Ted Passon, and Nicole Salazar in Independent Lens (1999)
    2021 Winner Gotham Independent Film Award
    • Breakthrough Nonfiction Series
    • Philly D.A.
    Shared with: Ted Passon · Yoni Brook · Nicole Salazar · Sally Jo Fifer · Lois Vossen · Ryan Chanatry · Gena Konstantinakos · Jeff Seelbach · Patty Quillin

Image Awards (NAACP)

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2025 Winner Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (TV or Film)
    • Luther: Never Too Much
  • Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer (2021)
    2022 Nominee Image Award
    • Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture)
    • Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (2023)
    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
  • Yoni Brook, Ted Passon, and Nicole Salazar in Independent Lens (1999)
    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
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2014 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Gideon's Army
    Shared with: Julie Goldman

International Documentary Association

  • The Sing Sing Chronicles (2024)
    2025 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Episodic Series
    • The Sing Sing Chronicles
    Shared with: Kimberley Ferdinando · Sadie Bass · Nick McElroy · Lauren Rosenfeld Capps
  • Dawn Porter
    2024 Winner Career Achievement Award
  • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (2023)
    2023 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Multi-Part Documentary
    • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
    Shared with: Eli Holzman · Aaron Saidman · Vinnie Malhotra
  • Yoni Brook, Ted Passon, and Nicole Salazar in Independent Lens (1999)
    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

  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Trapped
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2013 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Gideon's Army
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2013 Winner Audience Award
    • Knight Documentary Competition
    • Gideon's Army

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • The Sing Sing Chronicles (2024)
    2025 Winner Emmy
    • Best Documentary
    • The Sing Sing Chronicles
    Shared with: Liz Cole · David Scherker · Lauren Rosenfeld Capps · Rich White · Nick McElroy · Amanda Moore · Andy Berg · Kimberley Ferdinando · Dave Monteagudo · Sadie Bass · Rashida Jones · Rosie Walunas · Danny Barbour · Alex Pilkington · Amanda Spain · John Bentley · Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez · Sean Gallagher · Meghan Shiels · Dan Slepian · Rebecca Kutler · Elizabeth Fischer · Bryant Fisher
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2014 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
    • Gideon's Army
    Shared with: Sheila Nevins · Nancy Abraham · Jacqueline Glover · Julie Goldman

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Luther: Never Too Much

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Gate Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Nominee Golden Space Needle Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Luther: Never Too Much
    4th Place

Sundance Film Festival

  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Trapped
    Shared with: Francisco La Torre
  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Trapped
    Shared with: Francisco La Torre
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2013 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Documentary
    • Gideon's Army

SXSW Film Festival

  • The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
    2023 Winner Louis Black/Lone Star Award
    • The Lady Bird Diaries
  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Nominee SXSW Gamechanger Award
    • Trapped

Vancouver International Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Portraits
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Sarasota Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Industry Audience Award Winner
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Nominee Audience Award
    • Top 20 Audience Favorites
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Black Reel Awards

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2025 Winner Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • Luther: Never Too Much
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
    2021 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • The Way I See It (2020)
    2021 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Documentary
    • The Way I See It

Virginia Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Chronicler Award
    • Luther: Never Too Much
  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

  • Dawn Porter
    2020 Winner Career Award

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

  • The Sing Sing Chronicles (2024)
    2026 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series
    • The Sing Sing Chronicles
  • The Lady Bird Diaries (2023)
    2025 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Film
    • The Lady Bird Diaries
  • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (2023)
    2025 Nominee Cinema Eye Honors Award
    • Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series
    • Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
    2021 Nominee Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
    • John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    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

  • Trapped (2016)
    2016 Winner Stanley Kubrick Award
    • Special Mention
    • Trapped
    Shared with: Francisco La Torre

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)

  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
    2021 Winner Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
    • John Lewis: Good Trouble
  • Gideon's Army (2013)
    2014 Nominee Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
    • Gideon's Army
    Shared with: Matthew Hamachek

Roxbury International Film Festival

  • Luther Vandross in Luther: Never Too Much (2024)
    2024 Winner Best of Festival
    • Best Film
    • Luther: Never Too Much

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

  • Dawn Porter
    2022 Winner Impact Award
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
    2020 Nominee Critics' Choice Documentary Award
    • Best Director
    • John Lewis: Good Trouble

San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle

  • Dawn Porter
    2021 Winner Marlon Riggs Award

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