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This article is about the music video director. For the journalist, see Joseph Kahn (journalist). For the Linkin Park turntablist, see Joseph Hahn.


Joseph Kahn

BornSeptember 12 1972 (1972--) (age 35)
Jersey Village, Texas
Official sitewww.josephkahn.com
Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) in Jersey Village, Texas (a suburb of Houston) is a notable music video, advertising, and feature film director. Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Brandy, Muse, Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, 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.

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. In May of 2007 it was announced that he would direct a $70 million adaptation of William Gibson's science fiction classic, Neuromancer for producer Peter Hoffman.

Joseph Kahn
Hangul안준희
Revised RomanizationAn Jun-hui
McCune-ReischauerAn Chun-hŭi

Music Videography

1990
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
1995
  • AZ - "Gimme Yours"
  • Clever Jeff - "Year Of The Fly MC"
  • Das EFX - "Real Hip Hop"
  • Distinguished Gentlemen - "Soakin' Wet"
  • Lords of the Underground - "Faith"
  • Lords 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 the Dead Body"
  • Public Enemy - "So Watcha Gone Do Now"
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007

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Joseph Kahn (born 19 August, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American journalist who has been the Beijing bureau chief of The New York Times since July of 2003. In 2006, he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting[1].
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Joseph Hahn, often known as Mr. Hahn, is a musician and director best known as the turntablist for the American band Linkin Park.

Linkin Park

Hahn joined Linkin Park when the band was called Xero in 1996 as the band's turntablist.
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September 12 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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The following is a list of the MTV Video Music Awards winners for Video of the Year.

Year Artist Video
1984 The Cars "You Might Think"
1985 Don Henley "The Boys of Summer"
1986 Dire Straits "Money for Nothing"
1987 Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
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The following is a list of MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best Direction.

Year Artist Video Director(s)
1984 ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man" Tim Newman
1985 Don Henley "The Boys of Summer" Jean-Baptiste Mondino
1986 a-ha "Take on Me" Steve Barron
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A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings.
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Advertising is paid, one-way communication through a medium in which the sponsor is identified and the message is controlled by the sponsor. Variations include publicity, public relations, etc..
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A feature film is a term the film industry uses to refer to a film made for initial distribution in theaters.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[1] the American Film Institute,[2] and the British Film Institute[3]
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Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11 1979), known professionally as Brandy, is an American actress and R&B and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer. Discovered by Atlantic Records when she was a member of a youth singing group, she released her self-titled debut
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Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author. Spears has sold over 83 million records worldwide according to Zomba Label Group,[1] and has sold over 75 million albums worldwide.
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Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop rock singer. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.
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Mariah Carey (born March 27 1970) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director, and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have
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