Directing
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.
Credits
Newest first
Soul PatrolDirector2026
Soul PatrolProducer2026
Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson StoryExecutive Producer2026
Beyond Number OneDirector2024
As We Speak: Rap Music on TrialDirector2024
As We Speak: Rap Music on TrialProducer2024
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye TrilogyEditor2022
My Neighbor, MiguelDirector of Photography2021
My Neighbor, MiguelProducer2021
Don't Go Tellin' Your MommaEditor2021
Down a Dark StairwellEditor2020
Down a Dark StairwellWriter2020
A Kid from Coney IslandDirector of Photography2019
A Kid from Coney IslandEditor2019