Joseph Kahn

Joseph Kahn is an American director of music videos, commercials, and movies. Kahn has worked with Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, 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 artists.

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.

Joseph 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.

• Torque (2004) (Director)
• Neuromancer (2011) (Director)

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"
• Retarded 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"
• 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

• 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 Quik - "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 - "Bed Time" (version 1)
• Montell Jordan featuring Master P & Silkk Tha Shocker - "Let's Ride"
• Mase 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" (version 1)
• 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

• Hole - "Be a Man"
• Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
• Sisqó - "Thong Song"
• Elton John - "Someday Out of the Blue"
• Christina Aguilera - "I Turn to You"
• Christina Aguilera -"Por Siempre Tu"
• Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
• Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
• Leann Rimes - "I Need You"
• Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
• Faith Hill - "The Way You Love Me"
• The Corrs - "Irresistible"
• Scarface - "It Ain't"
• Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
• Moby featuring Gwen Stefani - "South Side"
• Britney Spears - "Stronger"
• Wu-Tang Clan - "Gravel Pit"

2001

• Chayanne - "Candela"
• 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"
• Samantha Mumba - "Baby Come on Over"
• 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 - "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"
• Alsou - "Always on My Mind"

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"
• Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape"

2007

• Kelly Clarkson - "Never Again"
• 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake and Timbaland - "Ayo Technology"

2008

• Ladytron - "Ghosts"
• Chris Brown - "Forever"
• Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up"
• Britney Spears - "Womanizer"
• Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"

2009

• Lady GaGa - "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"
• Lady GaGa - "LoveGame"
• BoA - "I Did It for Love"
• Katy Perry - "Waking Up in Vegas"
• Eminem - "We Made You"
• Kelly Clarkson - "Already Gone"
• Ester Dean feat. Chris Brown - "Drop It Low"
• Sun Ho - "Fancy Free"
• Chris Brown Featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz - "I Can Transform Ya"
• Chris Brown - "Crawl"

2010

• Helping Haiti - "Everybody Hurts"