J.M. Harper is a Brooklyn-based director and father of two. His debut feature, As We Speak (Paramount+), premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024, and his sophomore documentary, Soul Patrol, premiered there in 2026 and was awarded The Directing Award: U.S. Documentary. A multi-hyphenate documentarian, Harper has edited four feature films, including the Emmy-nominated series jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, and received a Peabody Award as an executive producer on Daughters. In 2024, he was named to DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40” list and is a recipient of the 2025 Concordia Fellowship and Film Independent Amplifier Fellowship.