Joseph Kahn

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Joseph Kahn
Born October 12, 1972 (1972-10-12) (age 37)
Jersey Village, Texas
Official website
Joseph Kahn
Hangul 안준희
Revised Romanization An Jun-hui
McCune–Reischauer An Chun-hŭi

Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) in Jersey Village, Texas (a suburb of Houston) is a notable American music video, advertising, and feature film director. Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Ashlee Simpson, Muse, Ciara, Monica, Courtney Love, Rob Zombie, Backstreet Boys, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink 182, Chris Brown, Eminem, TLC, Katy Perry, Moby, George Michael, KoRn, Janet Jackson, Black Eyed Peas, Lady GaGa, BoA, Gwen Stefani, Brandy, Pussycat Dolls, Sun Ho 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, Bacardi, BMW, Hewlett Packard, Vodafone, Budweiser, ASICS, Renault, Mazda, Coors Light, NASCAR, Saab, Ford and PlayStation. His Fox/Nascar campaign won a 2004 Clio for visual effects.

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[edit] Biography

Kahn is of Korean American ancestry. He spent part of his childhood growing up in Livorno, Italy until his family moved to Texas. 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 the 2003 action film Torque starring Ice Cube. May 2007 it was announced that he would direct a $70 million adaptation of William Gibson's science fiction classic, Neuromancer for producer Peter Hoffman.

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[edit] Music videography

1990
1992
  • Rake's Progress - "Ghost Town"
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

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