His producer credits include the Academy Award-nominated Margin Call,[1] the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated All Is Lost starring Robert Redford,[2] the comedy Breakup at a Wedding, the dramas Aardvark and Viper Club, and the film A Most Violent Year starring Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, which won Best Picture from the National Board of Review.

[3][4][5] Dodson frequently collaborates with the filmmaker J.C. Chandor through their CounterNarrative Films production company, as well as with actor and producer Zachary Quinto through their Before the Door Pictures production company, founded in 2008 with longtime friends Quinto and Corey Moosa.

After working as an actor in regional theatre and on Broadway in Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning production of The Invention of Love,[8] he became a feature film producer.

He is married to actress Ashley Williams[9] and they have two sons: Gus and Odie.

Dodson is the brother-in-law of country music star Brad Paisley[12] and Ashley's sister, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley.