J.M. Harper

Jason is a writer/director living in Brooklyn with his wife, daughter and cat. After studying German at Princeton, he started making films about subjects ranging from Senegalese pirates to Vietnam War veterans. His directorial debut at Sundance 2024, As We Speak, is a documentary about the growing use of rap lyrics as evidence in the U.S. criminal justice system.

 A multi-hyphenate documentarian,​ he’s edited four features including the Emmy-nominated Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix), A Kid from Coney Island (Netflix) about the life of Stephon Marbury and Down a Dark Stairwell (Criterion Channel) about the NYPD murder of Akai Gurley.