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.

TV Show

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

2022

Movie

A Kid from Coney Island

2019

Movie

As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial

2024

Movie

Down a Dark Stairwell

2020

Movie

Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

2021

Movie

My Neighbor, Miguel

2021