Joseph Kahn
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Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972, Korean: 안준희) in Jersey Village, Texas, a suburb of Houston is a notable Korean American music video director. Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Muse, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Backstreet Boys, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink 182, Eminem, TLC, Mariah Carey, Moby, George Michael, KoRn, Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Destiny's Child, and many more.
Kahn has collected multiple Music Video Production awards. He has won several MTV Video Music Awards with nominations for Best Video of the Year for Brandy & Monica "The Boy is Mine", and Britney Spears "Toxic". In 2002 he won his first Grammy for Eminem's "Without Me" video which also won the MTV VMA's Best Video of the Year, as well as Best Direction.
Kahn has directed commercials for Acura, Ford, Vodafone, Budweiser, Miller, Target, Coors Light, Nascar, and PlayStation. His Fox/Nascar campaign won a 2004 Clio for visual effects.
After graduating from Jersey Village High School in 1990, Kahn went to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He later dropped out after one year to direct music videos.
In 1999, Kahn started his own production company, Supermega, which is now housed under HSI Productions.
Kahn also directed tongue in-cheek action movie Torque in 2003, starring Ice Cube.
[edit] Music Videography
1990
- The Pain Teens - "The Basement"
1992
- Rake's Progress - "Ghost Town"
1993
- Die Krupps - "Crossfire"
- Die Krupps - "Fatherland"
- Die Krupps - "To The Hilt"
- DMG - "You Don't Hear Me Doe"
- Geto Boys - "Straight Gangsterism"
1994
- 2 Low - "Funky Lil Brotha"
- 5th Ward Boyz - "Ghetto Funk"
- Ahmad - "You Gotta Be"
- Die Krupps featuring Biohazard - "Bloodsuckers"
- Willie Nelson - "December Day"
- Willie Nelson - "Afraid"
- Retarted Elf - "What Up G?"
- Widowmaker - "Long Gone"
- Ahmad - "Back In The Day"
1995
- AZ - "Gimme Yours"
- Clever Jeff - "Year Of The Fly MC"
- Das EFX - "Real Hip Hop"
- Distinguished Gentlemen - "Soakin' Wet"
- Lord Of The Underground - "Faith"
- Lord Of The Underground - "Neva Faded"
- Onyx - "All We Got Iz Us"
- Onyx - "Last Dayz"
- Ruffnexx Sound System - "Stick By Me"
- Spahn Ranch - "Locusts"
- Veronica - "Without Love"
- Scarface featuring Ice Cube - "Hand of Dead Body"
- Public Enemy - "So Watcha Gonna Do"
1996
- AZ - "Do Or Die"
- AZ - "Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide"
- Interstate - "Peek In The Drawers"
- Smooth Da Hustler - "Hustler's Theme"
- Soldat X - "Hang'em High"
- Montell Jordan featuring Slick Rick - "I Like"
- Aaliyah - "If Your Girl Only Knew"
- New Edition - "Hit Me Off"
- Warren G featuring Adina Howard - "What's Love Got To Do With It"
- Johnny Gill - "Let's Get The Mood Right"
- New Edition - "I'm Still In Love With You"
- Total - "Kissin' You"
- Shaquille O'Neal - "You Can't Stop The Reign"
- Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring DJ Quick - "Let's Get Down"
1997
- KoЯn - "A.D.I.D.A.S."
- Ice Cube - "The World Is Mine"
- Patricia Kaas - "Quand J'ai Peur De Tout"
- Faith No More - "Last Cup of Sorrow"
- Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Tha Doggfather"
- Eric Benet - "True To Myself"
- Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
- Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill - "Big Bad Mamma"
- SWV featuring Puff Daddy - "Someone"
- Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - "If I Could Teach The World"
1998
- Foxy Brown - "Hot Spot"
- Shernette May - "You're All The Man That I Need"
- Total - "Trippin'"
- Usher - "Bedtime" (version 1)
- Montell Jordan featuring Master P & Silkk Tha Shocker - "Let's Ride"
- Ma$e featuring Total - "What You Want"
- Brandy & Monica - "The Boy Is Mine"
- Montell Jordan - "I Can Do That"
- Monster Magnet - "Space Lord"
- Bryan Adams - "On A Day Like Today"
- Monica - "The First Night"
- Rob Zombie - "Living Dead Girl"
1999
- Mobb Deep - "Quiet Storm"
- Jennifer Love Hewitt - "How Do I Deal"
- Monster Magnet - "Powertrip"
- Blackstreet featuring Janet, Ja & Eve - Girlfriend/Boyfriend
- Sugar Ray - "Someday"
- Backstreet Boys - "Larger Than Life"
- Brian Setzer Orchestra - "If You Can't Rock Me"
- Muse - "Muscle Museum"
2000
- Christina Aguilera -"Por Siempre Tu"
- Hole - "Be A Man"
- Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
- Sisqó - "The Thong Song"
- Elton John - "Someday Out Of The Blue"
- Christina Aguilera - "I Turn to You"
- Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
- Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
- Destiny's Child featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Lil' Bow Wow - "Jumpin' Jumpin'" (remix)
- Faith Hill - "The Way You Love Me"
- The Corrs - "Irresistible"
- Scarface - "It Ain't"
- Wu-Tang Clan - "(The Jump Off)"
- Moby featuring Gwen Stefani - "South Side"
- Britney Spears - "Stronger"
- Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck"
- Wu-Tang Clan - "Gravel Pit"
2001
- Black Eyed Peas featuring Macy Gray - "Request + Line"
- Black Eyed Peas featuring Macy Gray - "Request + Line" (remix)
- Papa Roach - "Between Angels and Insects"
- U2 - "Elevation"
- Aerosmith - "Fly Away From Here"
- D12 - "Purple Hills"
- Enrique Iglesias - "Hero"
- U2 - "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (version 2)
- DMX - "Who We Be"
- Garbage - "Cherry Lips"
2002
- George Michael - "Freeek!"
- Moby - "We Are All Made of Stars"
- Eminem - "Without Me"
- Mariah Carey - "The One"
2003
- DMX - "X Gon' Give It To Ya"
- TLC - "Damaged"
- Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake - "Work It"
- Mariah Carey featuring Cam'ron - "Boy (I Need You)"
- Dido - "White Flag"
- Ricky Martin - "Juramento"
- Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell Williams - "Light Your Ass On Fire"
- The Chemical Brothers featuring k-os - "Get Yourself High"
2004
- Britney Spears - "Toxic"
- Alsou - "Always On My Mind"
- Blink 182 - "Always"
- Ashlee Simpson - "La La"
- The Offspring - "(Can't Get My) Head Around You"
2005
- Joss Stone - "Spoiled"
- Rob Thomas - "Lonely No More"
- Jamiroquai - "Feels Just Like It Should"
- Backstreet Boys - "Incomplete"
- Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"
2006
- Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away"
- Shayne Ward - "No Promises"
- The Pink Spiders - "Little Razorblade"
- Muse - "Knights Of Cydonia"
- Ciara featuring Chamillionaire - "Get Up"
- Janet Jackson - "So Excited"
2007
[edit] External links
- http://www.josephkahn.com - Official website
- Joseph Kahn at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] Press
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