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It is three in the morning and the director Joseph Kahn is at home in LA, slap-bang in the middle of editing a promo he shot in Sydney for the punk-pop band Blink 182. 'I've tried to demolish any sort of style I have,' Kahn says. 'With each project I try to do something radically different. I'm trying to understand different aspects of film-making, to experiment in a way that's marketable.' Kahn is a man who refuses to be pigeonholed. With every project, it seems, he is determined to outdo himself.
Having graduated from Jersey Village High School in 1990, Kahn began his directorial career shooting videos for local hip-hop acts. In a few years he had accumulated more than 200 music videos. In 1999, Kahn formed his production company, SuperMega.
Kahn is a successful director by any standard. With a Grammy and armfuls of MTV and MVPA music video awards to his name, his CV includes work for a diverse catalogue of artists: Eminem, U2, Britney Spears, Aerosmith, George Michael ... the list goes on. He also directed the 'Xbox-era biker movie' Torque, starring the rapper Ice Cube. He is now venturing into commercials; his next project is in Portugal for PlayStation.
A lot of Kahn's recent work has featured computer-generated effects. In the video for the Chemical Brothers' Get Yourself ...