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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Biography from TMDB.
- Editor, producer, director, cinematographer and writer
- 5 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
What are J.M. Harper's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 0 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch J.M. Harper's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for J.M. Harper's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page.
Soul Patrol(2026)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Beyond Number One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
As We Speak(2024)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Daughters(2024)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
My Neighbor, Miguel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Down a Dark Stairwell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Kid from Coney Island(2019)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles, 8 of them dated from 2019 to 2026.
Awards
1 major award from 3 major nominations, 2024–2026.
- Sundance award, won · U.S. Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
- Sundance award, nominated · Documentary
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do J.M. Harper's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 5 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the pacing 55/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does J.M. Harper work with?
People who share at least 2 of J.M. Harper's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Max Allman shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Chike OzahShared titles: Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022), A Kid from Coney Island (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Chike Ozah
- Coodie SimmonsShared titles: Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022), A Kid from Coney Island (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Coodie Simmons
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Max AllmanShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024), Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022), A Kid from Coney Island (2019)See all 4 shared titles with Max Allman
- Gabriela TessitoreShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Gabriela Tessitore
- Live FootageShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Live Footage
- Logan K TriplettShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Logan K Triplett
Producers
- Jackie Kelman BisbeeShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024), Daughters (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Jackie Kelman Bisbee
- Lance AcordShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024), Daughters (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Lance Acord
- Sam BisbeeShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024), Daughters (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Sam Bisbee
- Cody RyderShared titles: Soul Patrol (2026), As We Speak (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Cody Ryder
