J.M. Harper
Directing
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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Known for
Behind the camera8
- 2026Soul Patrol Director, Producer
- 2026Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story Executive Producer
- 2024Beyond Number One Director
- 2024As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial Director, Producer
- 2021My Neighbor, Miguel Producer, Director of Photography
- 2021Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma Editor
- 2020Down a Dark Stairwell Writer, Editor
- 2019A Kid from Coney Island Director of Photography, Editor
