Korean-American director Joseph Kahn has directed 187 music videos, 5 films, and 2 television shows. He is also credited as a cinematographer in 4 music videos.
Kahn is also a cinematographer, executive producer, screenwriter and editor for various films and music videos.
Kahn has won 9 awards for his work, including the Grammy Award for Best Music Video for American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" and American rapper Eminem's "Without Me".
Music videos +Key Indicates music videos not directed by Joseph Kahn
Title Year Artist(s) Notes "The Basement" 1990 Pain Teens "Ghost Town"1992Rake's Progress "Crossfire"1993Die Krupps"Fatherland" "To the Hilt" "You Don't Hear Me Doe"DMG "Straight Gangsterism" Geto Boys "Funky Lil Brotha"19942 Low"Ghetto Funk"5th Ward Boyz "You Gotta Be" Ahmad "Back in the Day" "Bloodsuckers"Die Krupps featuring Biohazard "Afraid" Willie Nelson "What Up G?"Retarted Elf"Long Gone"Widowmaker "Gimme Yours"1995 AZ "Year of the Fly MC"Clever Jeff "Real Hip Hop" Das EFX "Soakin' Wet" Distinguished Gentlemen "Faith"Lords of the Underground"Neva Faded" "All We Got Iz Us" Onyx "Last Dayz" "Stick by Me" Ruffnexx Sound System "Locusts"Spahn Ranch "Without Love" Veronica "Hand of the Dead Body" Scarface featuring Ice Cube "So Whatcha Gone Do Now"Public Enemy "Do Or Die"1996 AZ "Mo Money, Mo Murder, Mo Homicide" "Peek in the Drawers" Interstate "Hustler's Theme"Smoothe da Hustler "Hang 'Em High" Sadat X "I Like" featuring Slick Rick "Sky Plus"Nylon Moon "If Your Girl Only Knew" Aaliyah Also credited as cinematographer "Hit Me Off" New Edition "What's Love Got to Do with It"Warren G featuring Adina Howard"Let's Get the Mood Right"Johnny Gill "I'm Still in Love with You" New Edition "Kissin' You" Total "You Can't Stop the Reign" Shaq "Let's Get Down" Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring DJ Quik Also credited as cinematographer "A.D.I.D.A.S"1997 Korn "The World Is Mine" Ice Cube Also credited as cinematographer "Quand J'ai Peur De Tout" "Last Cup of Sorrow" Faith No More "Tha Doggfather" Snoop Doggy Dogg "True to Myself" Eric Benet "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Backstreet Boys "Big Bad Mamma" featuring Dru Hill "Triumph" Wu-Tang Clan featuring Cappadonna Directed by Brett Ratner Cinematographer "Someone" SWV featuring Puff Daddy "If I Could Teach the World" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony "Hot Spot"1998 Foxy Brown "All the Man That I Need" "Trippin'" Total "Bedtime" Usher "I Can Do That" "Let's Ride" Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker "What You Want" Mase featuring Total "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica "The First Night" Monica "Space Lord" Monster Magnet "On a Day Like Today" "Living Dead Girl" Rob Zombie Co-directed with Rob Zombie "Quiet Storm" 1999 Mobb Deep "How Do I Deal" "Powertrip" Monster Magnet "Girlfriend/Boyfriend" Blackstreet featuring Janet Jackson, Ja Rule and Eve "Someday" "Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys "If You Can't Rock Me" "Muscle Museum" Muse "Be a Man" 2000 Hole "Say My Name"Destiny's Child "Jumpin', Jumpin'" "Thong Song" Sisqó "Someday Out of the Blue" Co-directed with Bibo Bergeron "I Turn to You" "Doesn't Really Matter" "I Need You" Co-directed with Joe Rey "The Way You Love Me" "Irresistible" "It Ain't" Scarface "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"Wu-Tang Clan "Gravel Pit" "South Side" Moby featuring Gwen Stefani "Stronger" "Candela" 2001 Chayanne "Request + Line" featuring Macy Gray "Between Angels and Insects" Papa Roach "Elevation"U2 "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" "Fly Away from Here" Aerosmith "Purple Pills" D12 "Baby, Come Over (This Is Our Night)" "Hero" "Who We Be" DMX "Cherry Lips" Garbage "Freeek!" 2002 "We Are All Made of Stars" Moby "Motivation" Sum 41 Co-directed with Super America Also credited as a producer "Without Me" Eminem "Boy (I Need You)" featuring Cam'ron "Everyday" Directed by Todd Kellstein Cinematographer and executive producer "X Gon' Give It to Ya" 2003 DMX "Damaged" TLC "Work It" Nelly featuring Justin Timberlake "White Flag" Dido "Juramento" "Light Your Ass on Fire" featuring Pharrell Williams "Get Yourself High" featuring k-os "Toxic" 2004 "Always on My Mind" Alsou "Always" Blink-182 "La La" "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" "Spoiled"2005 "Lonely No More" "Feels Just Like It Should"Jamiroquai "Incomplete"Backstreet Boys "Behind These Hazel Eyes" "Walk Away" 2006 "No Promises" "Little Razorblade" "Knights of Cydonia" Muse "Get Up" Ciara featuring Chamillionaire "So Excited" featuring Khia "The Sweet Escape" featuring Akon "Never Again" 2007 "Ayo Technology" 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland "Ghosts" 2008 Ladytron "Forever" "When I Grow Up" "I Hate This Part" "Womanizer" "Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)" 2009 Lady Gaga "LoveGame" "I Did It for Love" BoA "Waking Up in Vegas" "We Made You" Eminem "Already Gone" "Drop It Low" featuring Chris Brown "Fancy Free" Sun Ho "I Can Transform Ya" featuring Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz "Crawl" "Everybody Hurts" 2010 Helping Haiti "All the Lovers" "Misery" Maroon 5 "Misery" Co-directed with Don Tyler "Love the Way You Lie" Eminem featuring Rihanna "Poison" "Pretty Girl Rock" "Kush" Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon "Space Bound" 2011 Eminem "Gingham Check"2012 AKB48 "Uza" "Candy" "Got Me Good" Ciara "In My City" 2013 "#Beautiful" featuring Miguel "Perfume" "Can't Remember to Forget You" 2014 Shakira featuring Rihanna "Blank Space" "Bad Blood" 2015 featuring Kendrick Lamar "Wildest Dreams" "Wherever I Go"2016OneRepublic "Forever Country" Artists of Then, Now & Forever "Out of the Woods" "Look What You Made Me Do"2017 "...Ready for It?" "Thunder"Imagine Dragons "What Lovers Do" Maroon 5 featuring SZA "End Game" 2018 featuring Ed Sheeran and Future "Delicate" "Dinero" featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B "Three Little Birds" Maroon 5 "Last Hurrah"2019Bebe Rexha "Just One Lifetime"Sting and Shaggy "Celebrate"DJ Khaled featuring Post Malone and Travis Scott "Just Us"DJ Khaled featuring SZA "Torn"Ava Max "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (Make My Wish Come True Edition)Mariah Carey "What a Man Gotta Do" 2020 Jonas Brothers "Iffy"2022Chris Brown "Maybe You're the Problem"Ava Max "Super Freaky Girl"Nicki Minaj"Praising You" 2023Rita Ora featuring Fatboy Slim"Human"2024Lenny Kravitz "Sandbox"2025The All-American Rejects "Type Dangerous"Mariah Carey "Click" 2026 Jisoo
Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer Notes 2004 Torque Also made a cameo as "Passenger in Train" (uncredited) 2011 Detention 2015 Power/Rangers Also editor 2017 Bodied 2024 Ick
Television Title Year Episode(s)2016 Sweet/Vicious "The Blueprint" (Co-directed with Rebecca Thomas) "The Writing's on the Wall" 2017 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend "Josh's Ex-Girlfriend is Crazy" 2019 Happy! "Blitzkrieg!!!"
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External links
Joseph Kahn commercials on Advertising Age