J.M. Harper

Directing

J.M. Harper

Credits
9 titles

Biography

Jason is a film director and documentarian living in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn with a treasure trove of expired Fuji 125T and a cat named Miles Davis. He is currently developing a long form narrative slate.

He's edited four feature documentaries - including A Kid from Coney Island (Netflix), Down a Dark Stairwell (PBS) about the police murder of Akai Gurley and an upcoming feature documentary on Kanye West called Jeen-yuhs (Netflix). He's also just completed editing a docuseries based on the book How Music Got Free (AppleTV+). In his spare time, he teaches 16mm/35mm cinematography at a cinema arts non-profit called Mono No Aware.

Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 9

YearTitleJob
2026 Soul Patrol Film Director, Producer
2026 Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story Film Executive Producer
2024 Beyond Number One Film Director
2024 As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial Film Director, Producer
2022 jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy TV Editor (3 ep)
2021 My Neighbor, Miguel Film Producer, Director of Photography
2021 Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma Film Editor
2020 Down a Dark Stairwell Film Editor, Writer
2019 A Kid from Coney Island Film Director of Photography, Editor
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