Dawn Porter (Director/Producer)

Dawn Porter is the founder of Trilogy Films. She is Director/Producer of SPIES OF MISSISSIPPI, which will air on Independent Lens in 2014, as well as, GIDEON’S ARMY, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Best Editing Award in the US Documentary competition. GIDEON’S ARMY aired on HBO in the summer of 2013 and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and an Emmy. The film received numerous criminal justice awards including the Nation Institutes filmmaking prize. Dawn is an alum of the Tribeca All Access program, where she won the 2011 juried Creative Promise Award for GIDEON’S ARMY. Before becoming a filmmaker she was the Director of News Standards and Practices at ABC News, and Vice President of Standards and Practices at A&E Networks. Dawn is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Georgetown University Law Center. She was a practicing attorney at Baker & Hostetler and ABC Television Networks before beginning her film career.

In March 2014, UCCA and Ping Pong Productions launched the Performing Arts Platform Series. Through a wide variety of performances, open rehearsals, performing arts workshops, master classes, arts management seminars, lectures, talks and discussions with artists, critics and scholars, this program series creates unprecedented opportunities for Chinese and international performing artists and audiences to meet and interact. It facilitates cross-genre and cross-cultural exploration, enriching cultural exchange and collaboration between Chinese and international artists, audiences and students.

Ping Pong Productions

Ping Pong Productions is a catalyst that brings China and the world together through the performing arts. As artistic ambassadors, they engage cultures through discourse, searching for points of cooperation, mutual exchange and understanding. They develop cultural exchange projects and facilitate creative collaborations between Chinese and international artists, scholars and audiences. With teams based in China and the United States, PPP has extensive experience providing production, consulting, management and planning services.