Was named the Director of Programming for independent film channel The Documentary Channel at barely 25 years old. After an eye opening trip to Austin's SXSW festival in 2007 Dortch left the channel to pursue filmmaking full time.
Dortch is the Co-Founder/Co-Director of The Good Film Fund.
Dortch is the Executive Director and Lead Programmer for the Chattanooga Film Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee.