Joseph Kahn ♂️

Joseph Kahn (born October 12, 1972) is a Korean-American music video director, film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the Eminem music video "Without Me" (2002) and the feature films Torque (2004) and Detention (2011). He has directed music videos for such artists as Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Taylor Swift, Muse, Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, Shakira, Maroon 5 and others. He has won four MTV Video Music Awards, a Grammy and seven VMAs, more than any other music video director in history. Early life and career Kahn was born in Busan, South Korea and was adopted at the age of one. He was raised in eastern Los Angeles, and graduated from East Los Angeles College, where he studied photography. His first film was an eight-minute short video titled The Throwaway, which won Best Drama at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1994. In 1996, he directed five music videos for DreamWorks' first artist, Hullaballoo, and it led to Kahn being hired as a music video director by various record labels. In 2002, Kahn directed the video for Eminem's single "Without Me", which became one of the biggest hits of the year, and won four MTV Video Music Awards, a Grammy, and seven VMAs. Directing works In 2004, Kahn directed the action-thriller feature film Torque, starring Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, and Monet Mazur, and produced by Lucas Foster. Torque went on to be the second highest grossing film in the US for the month of January, making over $50 million domestically. In 2007, he directed a fantasy-comedy movie, Aliens in the Attic, for Fox. In 2011, Kahn released Detention, a teen comedy starring Josh Hutcherson, Dane Cook, and Shakeelah Adam. The film, set in a high school, centers around a group of students trying to survive their final year, which has been thrown off-course by a slasher movie killer.