J.M. Harper
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.
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Movies (8)

Soul Patrol
2026 · Director, Producer, Writer

Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story
2026 · Executive Producer

Beyond Number One
2024 · Director

As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial
2024 · Director, Producer

My Neighbor, Miguel
2021 · Producer, Director of Photography

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
2021 · Editor

Down a Dark Stairwell
2020 · Editor, Writer

A Kid from Coney Island
2019 · Director of Photography, Editor

