Ahn Jun-hee (; Busan, 12 de octubre de 1972), más conocido como Joseph Kahn, es un director de videos musicales, de publicidad y de largometrajes surcoreano. Kahn ha trabajado con diversos artistas, como Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Muse, AKB48, Ciara, Britney Spears, Ashlee Simpson, Kelly Clarkson, Imagine Dragons, Monica, Rob Zombie, Backstreet Boys, U2, The Chemical Brothers, Blink-182, Eminem, TLC, Mariah Carey, Moby, George Michael, Korn, Janet Jackson, The Black Eyed Peas, Destiny's Child, Gwen Stefani, Delta Goodrem, Brandy, The Pussycat Dolls, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Ava Max y varios otros.
Kahn ha ganado múltiples premios por producción de videos musicales. Ha recibido nominaciones en la categoría Video musical del año en los MTV Video Music Awards por los videos musicales de "The boy is mine" de Brandy & Monica y "Toxic" Britney Spears. En el 2002 ganó su primer Premio Grammy por el video musical de "Without me" de Eminem, el cual también ganó en las categorías Video musical del año y Mejor Dirección en los MTV Video Music Awards 2002.
Kahn también ha dirigido comerciales para Acura, Bacardí, Vodafone, Budweiser, ASICS, Renault, Coors Light, NASCAR, Saab Automobile, Ford Motor Company y PlayStation PlayStation 2 Su empresa Fox/Nascar ganó un Clio 2004 por efectos especiales.
Vida y carrera Kahn nació como Ahn Jun-hee en Busan, Corea del Sur. Su familia pasó parte de su infancia allí y en Livorno, Italia, hasta que se mudaron a Jersey Village, Texas, un suburbio de Houston, cuando Joseph tenía siete años. Tras graduarse en el instituto Jersey Village High School en 1990, Kahn ingresó en la Escuela de Artes Tisch de la Universidad de Nueva York, pero abandonó los estudios al cabo de un año. De vuelta en Houston, comenzó a dirigir vídeos musicales de hip hop.
Filmografía 2004: Torque (Director) 2009: Neuromancer (Director) 2011: Detention (Director) 2017: Bodied (Director)
Videografía 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 con Biohazard - "Bloodsuckers" Willie Nelson - "December day" Willie Nelson - "Afraid" Retarted 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 con 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 con Slick Rick - "I like" Aaliyah - "If your girl only knew" New Edition - "Hit me off" Warren G con 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! con 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 Dogg - "Tha Doggfather" Eric Benet - "True to myself" Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's back)" Foxy Brown con Dru Hill - "Big bad mamma" SWV con 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" [Versión 1] Montell Jordan con Master P y Silkk the Shocker - "Let's ride" Mase con 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" [Versión 1] Jennifer Love Hewitt - "How do I deal" Monster Magnet - "Powertrip" Blackstreet con Janet Jackson, Ja Rule y Eve - "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" Sugar Ray - "Someday" Backstreet Boys - "Larger than life" The 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"/"Por siempre tú" Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' jumpin'" Destiny's Child con Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat y Lil' Bow Wow - "Jumpin' jumpin'" [Remix] Janet Jackson - "Doesn't really matter" Faith Hill - "The way you love me" Matchbox Twenty - "If You Are Gone" The Corrs - "Irresistible" Scarface - "It ain't" Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect ya neck (The jump off)" Moby con Gwen Stefani - "South side" Britney Spears - "Stronger" Wu-Tang Clan - "Gravel pit"
2001 The Black Eyed Peas con Macy Gray - "Request line" The Black Eyed Peas con Macy Gray - "Request line" [Remix] Papa Roach - "Between angels and insects" U2 - "Elevation" Aerosmith - "Fly away from here" D12 - "Purple pills" Enrique Iglesias - "Hero" U2 - "Stuck in a moment you can't get out of" [Versión 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 con Justin Timberlake - "Work it" Mariah Carey con Cam'ron - "Boy (I need you)" Dido - "White flag" Ricky Martin - "Juramento" Busta Rhymes con Pharrell - "Light your ass on fire" The Chemical Brothers con 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"
2006 Kelly Clarkson - "Walk away" Shayne Ward - "No promises" The Pink Spiders - "Little razorblade" Muse - "Knights of Cydonia" Ciara con Chamillionaire - "Get up" Janet Jackson - "So excited" Gwen Stefani - "The sweet escape"
2007 Kelly Clarkson - "Never again" 50 Cent con Justin Timberlake y Timbaland - "Ayo technology"
2008 Ladytron - "Ghosts" Chris Brown - "Forever" The Pussycat Dolls - "When I grow up" Britney Spears - "Womanizer" The Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"
2009 BoA - "I Did it for Love" con Sean Garrett Lady GaGa - "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" Lady GaGa - "LoveGame" Katy Perry - "Waking Up in Vegas" Eminem – "We Made You"
2010 Kylie Minogue - "All The Lovers" Eminem con Rihanna - "Love the Way You Lie" Nicole Scherzinger - "Poison" Keri Hilson - "Pretty Girl Rock"
2012 AKB48 - "Gingham Check" Robbie Williams – "Candy" Ciara - "Got Me Good" AKB48 - "UZA"
2013 Britney Spears - "Perfume"
2014 Shakira con Rihanna - "Can't Remember to Forget You" Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
2015 Taylor Swift - "Bad Blood" Taylor Swift - "Wildest Dreams" Taylor Swift - "Out of the Woods" 2016 Wherever I Go - OneRepublic
2017 Imagine Dragons - "Thunder" Taylor Swift - "Look What You Made Me Do" Maroon 5 con SZA - "What Lovers Do" Taylor Swift - "...Ready For It?" Taylor Swift con Future y Ed Sheeran - "End Game"
2018 Taylor Swift - "Delicate" Jennifer Lopez con DJ Khaled y Cardi B - "Dinero"
2019
Bebe Rexha - "Last Hurrah" Ava Max - "Torn"
2022 Ava Max - "Maybe You're The Problem"
2026 Jisoo - "Click"
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