Todd Angkasuwan
Todd Angkasuwan is a Thai-American music video and documentary film director.
Biography
Angkasuwan grew up in Riverside, California and has been making films since he was 9 years old.[1] After college, he worked as a television news reporter for ABC, CBS and Fox.[1][2] In 2005, he left his career in journalism to pursue filmmaking.[3]
In the 2006 film No Sleep Til Shanghai (Raptivism/Imperial/Caroline/EMI), Angkasuwan follows rapper Jin Au-Yeung, the first Asian American signed to a major hip-hop label, on an eight-city tour of Asia. The film documents the experiences of Jin and his entourage in visiting cities like Shanghai, Tokyo, Taipei and Singapore for the first time.[4] The film screened to a sold out audience at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Documentary.[5] It was also nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival.[6]
Angkasuwan has written for AllHipHop[1][7] and cites Stanley Kubrick, Wong Kar-wai, Michel Gondry, Hype Williams and David Fincher as influences.[8]
Music videos
His directing work includes music videos for artists including:
2005
2006
- The Society of Invisibles - "Watching You"
- Anglo-Saxon - "This Old House"
- Roscoe Umali featuring E-40 - "Live It Up"
- Move.meant - "Good Money"
- Move.meant - "Higher (Breathe)"
- Chan - "Lonely Road"
- Jin - "F.Y.I."/"100 Grand Jin"
- Far*East Movement - "Holla Hey"
- The Society of Invisibles - "Hack Pack"
- Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli - "One Step"
- Far*East Movement - "Smile"
2007
- Joell Ortiz - "125 Grams"
- Chan - "Street Legends"
- Jin - "ABC"
- Mitchy Slick - "Ain't My Fault"
- KRS-One featuring Marley Marl - "Hip Hop Lives"
- Bizarre - "Fat Boy"
- Styles P feat. Swizz Beatz - "Blow Ya Mind"
2008
- Vox Merger - "Reasons"
- AZ - "Undeniable"
- Sheek Louch - "Good Love"
- Far*East Movement featuring Baby Bash and Lil Rob - "You've Got a Friend"
- RZA feat. Inspectah Deck - "Can't Stop Me Now"
- Wale & Justice - "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E."
- Snoop Dogg/Akshay Kumar/RDB - "Singh Is King"
- Slow Pain - "OG Love"
- DMX - "Already" (Unreleased)[9]
- Ese Daz - "She's Got It"
- RZA feat. Monk & Thea - "Drama"
- Snoop Dogg - "Staxxx in My Jeans"
- Lil Rob - "Let Me Come Back"
2009
- DJ Revolution ft. Kbimean - "Man Or Machine"
- UGK - "Da Game Been Good To Me"
- B-Real ft. Damian Marley - "Fire"
- Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek) - "Back Again"
- Tash - "New Bikini"
- KRS-One & Buckshot - "Robot"
- Marco Polo & Torae - "Double Barrel"
- Skyzoo - "Popularity"
- KRS-One & Buckshot - "Survival Skills"
- Raheem Devaughn ft. Ludacris - "Bulletproof"
- The Dares - "It's Your World"
2010
- Soulja Boy Tell'em - "2 Milli"
- RZA feat. Kinetic - "You Must Be Dreaming"
- Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - "Nobody"
- B. Taylor ft. Ray J - "Get This Party Started"
- T-Pain ft. Rick Ross - "Rap Song"
2011
- Travis Porter - "Bring It Back"
- Pharoahe Monch feat. Idris Elba - "The Warning"
- Random Axe - "The Hex"
- Random Axe - "Random Call"
- Black Rob - "Celebration"
- Black Rob - "Showin Up"
- Self Scientific - "God's Language"
- Evidence - "You"
- Evidence - "It Wasn't Me"
- DJ Cosla & Tribeca - "The World's Best"
- Statik Selektah ft. Lecrae - "Live and Let Live"
- Statik Selektah ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs - "Play The Game"
2012
- Big K.R.I.T. - "I Got This"
- Evidence - "Falling Down"
- Traphik & Dyme-A-Duzin - "Fly Young Gentlemen"
- Traphik ft. Tori Kelly - "Magnetic"
- Kottonmouth Kings - "Hold It In"
- Jin - "Brand New Me"
- MURS & Fashawn - "Slash Gordan"
- Brother Ali - "Mourning in America"
- Chris Webby ft. Bun B & Kid Ink - "Wait A Minute"
2013
- DJ Cosla & Tribeca - "Battle Tested"
- Sean Price - "Genesis of the Omega"
- Sean Price ft. Pharoahe Monch - "BBQ Sauce"
2014
- Mickey Avalon - "Hollywood"
- Marco Polo ft Talib Kweli - "G.U.R.U."
- Kap G ft. Wiz Khalifa & Kirko Bangz - "Tatted Like Amigos"
- Thaitanium ft. Snoop Dogg - "WAKE UP (Bangkok City)"
2015
- R.A. the Rugged Man - "Shoot Me In The Head" never released or finished by director
- Thaitanium ft. Coga - "Sukebe"
Films
- No Sleep Til Shanghai (2007)
References
- ^ a b c "Director's Chair with Todd Angkasuwan". AZNRaps. July 25, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "Serial Murder Suspect Caught". CBS News. January 3, 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Todd Angkasuwan | DXNext". HipHopDX. July 16, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
- ^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai Review". Variety.com. March 28, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai MySpace"
- ^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai Wikipedia page"
- ^ "Dave Meyers: Point Of View". AllHipHop. January 24, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
- ^ "Todd Angkasuwan Interview". Dubcnn. March 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
- ^ "'BTS for DMX's 'Already' video"
External links
- ToddAngkasuwan.com (official website)
- Todd Angkasuwan on YouTube
- FilmedInsert Interview