Early life

Kahn was born Ahn Jun-hee (Hangul: 안준희) in Busan, South Korea. His family moved to Jersey Village, Texas, a suburb of Houston, when Joseph was three. 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.

Music video career

In 1999, Kahn started his own production company with Chris Lee, SuperMega Media, which is housed under HSI Productions. Kahn has worked with diverse artists such as Lady Gaga, Shakira, Aaliyah, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, DMX, Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Jordin Sparks, Christina Aguilera, 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Taylor Swift, Muse, Ciara, Monica, Courtney Love, Rob Zombie, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink 182, Chris Brown, Eminem, TLC, Ashlee Simpson, Moby, Kesha, George Michael, Korn, The Black Eyed Peas, Janet Jackson, BoA, Gwen Stefani, Brandy, AKB48, Pussycat Dolls, Sun Ho, Kylie Minogue, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, 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", Britney Spears "Toxic", Chris Brown "Forever", the Pussycat Dolls "When I Grow Up", Eminem "We Made You", Britney Spears "Womanizer", and Eminem "Love the Way You Lie".

In 2002, Kahn 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. His video for Katy Perry "Waking Up In Vegas" won the MVPA 2009 Best Video of the Year.

Kahn's usage of Japanese pop culture in music videos first began with Janet Jackson's "Doesn't Really Matter" video. The video was also the most expensive video Kahn has directed and is among the most expensive of all time, costing over $2.5 million.

In 2014, Kahn was given The Icon Award by the UK Music Video Awards.

In 2015, Kahn directed MTV's choices for Video of the Year, Best Pop Video, Best Female Video, and Best Collaboration for multiple videos from Taylor Swift's 1989 album. He won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video of 2015 for Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" ft. Kendrick Lamar.

Commercials

Kahn has directed commercials for Acura, Bacardi, BMW, Hewlett Packard, Gillette, Vodafone, Budweiser, ASICS, Renault, Mazda, Coors Light, NASCAR, Saab, Ford and PlayStation. His Fox/NASCAR campaign won a 2004 Clio for visual effects and most recently the seventh season promo of long running ABC show Desperate Housewives. In 2011, he launched an Old Navy music video style campaign which garnered over a million YouTube hits in the first week. He featured Bruce Lee using computer-generated imagery in an advertisement for Johnnie Walker.

Film career

Kahn also directed the 2004 action film Torque starring Ice Cube. In May 2007 it was announced that he would direct an adaptation of William Gibson's science fiction classic, Neuromancer for producer Peter Hoffman. On May 7, 2010 Fangoria reported that Vincenzo Natali, the director of Cube and Splice, had taken over directing duties and will also rewrite the screenplay. In 2010 Kahn directed the low-budget, self-financed horror comedy Detention. After winning a number of audience favorite awards on the film festival circuit, Detention was picked up for theatrical distribution by Sony for a release in 2012.

Filmography

• Torque (2004) - Director
• Detention (2011) - Screenwriter and director
• Power/Rangers (short) (2015) - Screenwriter and director

Music videography

Year	Artist	Video
1990	The Pain Teens	"The Basement"
1992	Rake's Progress	"Ghost Town"
1993	Die Krupps	"Crossfire"
		"Fatherland"
		"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"
		"Back in the Day"
	Die Krupps feat. Biohazard	"Bloodsuckers"
	Willie Nelson	"December Day"
		"Afraid"
	Retarted Elf	"What Up G?"
	Widowmaker	"Long Gone"
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"
		"Neva Faded"
	Onyx	"All We Got Iz Us"
		"Last Dayz"
	Ruffnexx Sound System	"Stick By Me"
	Spahn Ranch	"Locusts"
	Veronica	"Without Love"
	Scarface feat. Ice Cube	"Hand of the Dead Body"
	Public Enemy	So Watcha Gone Do Now"
1996	AZ	"Do Or Die"
		"Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide"
	Interstate	Peek In The Drawers"
	Smooth Da Hustler	"Hustler's Theme"
	Sadat X	"Hang'em High"
	Montell Jordan feat. Slick Rick	"I Like"
	Aaliyah	"If Your Girl Only Knew"
	New Edition	"Hit Me Off"
	Warren G feat. 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"
	Shaq	"You Can't Stop the Reign"
	Tony! Toni! Toné! feat. DJ Quik	"Let's Get Down"
1997	Korn	"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 feat. Dru Hill	"Big Bad Mamma"
	SWV feat. 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"
	Montell Jordan	"I Can Do That"
	Montell Jordan feat. Master P & Silkk Tha Shocker	"Let's Ride"
	Mase feat. Total	"What You Want"
	Brandy & Monica	"The Boy Is Mine"
	Monica	"The First Night"
	Monster Magnet	"Space Lord"
	Bryan Adams	"On a Day Like Today"
	Rob Zombie	"Living Dead Girl"
1999	Mobb Deep	"Quiet Storm"
	Jennifer Love Hewitt	"How Do I Deal"
	Monster Magnet	"Powertrip"
	Blackstreet feat. Janet Jackson, Ja Rule & 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"
		"Jumpin' Jumpin'
	Sisqó	"Thong Song"
	Elton John	"Someday Out of the Blue"
	Christina Aguilera	"I Turn to You"
		"Por Siempre Tu"
	Janet Jackson	"Doesn't Really Matter"
	LeAnn Rimes	"I Need You"
	Faith Hill	"The Way You Love Me"
	The Corrs	"Irresistible"
	Scarface	"It Ain't"
	Wu-Tang Clan	"Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
		"Gravel Pit"
	Moby feat. Gwen Stefani	"South Side"
	Britney Spears	"Stronger"
2001	Chayanne	"Candela"
	The Black Eyed Peas feat. Macy Gray	"Request + Line"
		"Request + Line" (remix)
	Papa Roach	"Between Angels and Insects"
	U2	"Elevation"
		"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
	Aerosmith	"Fly Away From Here"
	D12	"Purple Hills"
	Samantha Mumba	"Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)"
	Enrique Iglesias	"Hero"
	DMX	"Who We Be"
	Garbage	"Cherry Lips"
2002	George Michael	"Freeek!"
	Moby	"We Are All Made of Stars"
	Eminem	"Without Me"
	Mariah Carey feat. Cam'ron	"Boy (I Need You)"
2003	DMX	"X Gon' Give It To Ya"
	TLC	"Damaged"
	Nelly feat. Justin Timberlake	"Work It"
	Dido	"White Flag"
	Ricky Martin	"Juramento"
	Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell	"Light Your Ass On Fire"
	The Chemical Brothers feat. 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	Kelly Clarkson	"Behind These Hazel Eyes"
	Joss Stone	"Spoiled"
	Rob Thomas	"Lonely No More"
	Jamiroquai	"Feels Just Like It Should"
	Backstreet Boys	"Incomplete"
2006	Kelly Clarkson	"Walk Away"
	Shayne Ward	"No Promises"
	The Pink Spiders	"Little Razorblade"
	Muse	"Knights of Cydonia"
	Ciara feat. Chamillionaire	"Get Up"
	Janet Jackson feat. Khia	"So Excited"
	Gwen Stefani	"The Sweet Escape"
2007	Kelly Clarkson	"Never Again"
	50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland	"Ayo Technology"
2008	Ladytron	"Ghosts"
	Chris Brown	"Forever"
	Pussycat Dolls	"When I Grow Up"
		"I Hate This Part"
	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"
2009	Lady Gaga	"Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)"
		"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 feat. Lil Wayne & Swizz Beatz	"I Can Transform Ya"
	Chris Brown	"Crawl"
2010	Helping Haiti	"Everybody Hurts"
	Kylie Minogue	"All the Lovers"
	Maroon 5	"Misery"
	Eminem feat. Rihanna	"Love the Way You Lie"
	Nicole Scherzinger	"Poison"
	Keri Hilson	"Pretty Girl Rock"
	Dr. Dre	"Kush"
2011	Eminem	"Space Bound"
2012	AKB48	"Gingham Check"
		"Uza"
	Robbie Williams	"Candy"
	Ciara	"Got Me Good"
2013	Priyanka Chopra	"In My City"
	Mariah Carey feat. Miguel	"#Beautiful"
	Britney Spears	"Perfume"
2014	Shakira feat. Rihanna	"Can't Remember to Forget You"
	Taylor Swift	"Blank Space"
2015		"Bad Blood"
		"Wildest Dreams"
		"Out of the Woods"
2016	OneRepublic	"Wherever I Go"

[ Source: Wikipedia ]