J.M. Harper

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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.

Film	Credit
Soul Patrol2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Beyond Number One2024 · Director	Director
As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial2024 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
My Neighbor, Miguel2021 · Producer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director of Photography
Down a Dark Stairwell2020 · Writer	Writer
A Kid from Coney Island2019 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography