Joe Hahn

Joseph "Joe" Hahn (born March 15, 1977), is a turntablist and director best known as the DJ and sampler for the American rock band Linkin Park.
== Personal biography ==
Joseph "Joe" Hahn was born the youngest of three children (he has two elder sisters)[1] on March 15, 1977 in Dallas, Texas, but he grew up in Glendale, California.[1][2] Hahn is a second generation Korean American.[3]
Hahn graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale in 1995. He then studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena but did not graduate.[4] Hahn, along with bandmate Mike Shinoda, is responsible for most of Linkin Park's album artwork.
On February 15, 2005, Hahn married Karen Benedit; the couple divorced in 2009.[5]
On October 21, 2012, Hahn married Heidi Woan, whom he had met about two years prior in 2010.[6]
== Career biography ==
Hahn began deejaying in high school,[7] and he studied illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.[2] In college, he met Mike Shinoda and joined his band Xero, which later became known as Hybrid Theory in 1999 with the EP release of the same name as the band, then was changed again into Linkin Park during the recording sessions of Hybrid Theory.[7] Hahn and Shinoda guested in The X-Ecutioners' hit single "It's Goin' Down".[8] Hahn also guest starred in Shinoda's Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied on the song "Slip Out the Back".[9]
Hahn was called Chairman Hahn on the back cover of Linkin Park's first remix album Reanimation that's next to the songs "With You" and "Cure for the Itch", both titled as "Wth>You" and "Kyur4 TH Ich". Hahn has directed several of Linkin Park's music videos, such as those for "Numb", "From the Inside", "What I've Done", "Somewhere I Belong", "Pts.OF.Athrty", "New Divide", "Bleed It Out" and "Iridescent".[10] He has also directed videos for Alkaline Trio, Static-X, Story of the Year, System of a Down, and Xzibit.[2] In a 2003 interview, he told MTV that film-making was his true passion, and that "doing the music [was] more of an extra thing".[10] He is known to add various dramatic effects to the music videos he directs, such as, casting a snake in the video for "Iridescent".
Outside of his work in music, Hahn provided special effects work on The X-Files and the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.[11] He also directed a short film called The Seed,[12] and acquired the rights to produce a film adaptation of China Miéville's novel King Rat.[13]
Hahn directed the trailer for the video game Medal of Honor, featuring Linkin Park's single "The Catalyst".[14] Hahn also directed the music video for "The Catalyst", which premiered on August 26, 2010, as well as the music video for Linkin Park's "Waiting for the End" and "Burning in the Skies". On April 13, 2011, Mike Shinoda confirmed on his blog that the music video for "Iridescent" would be directed by Hahn.
Hahn became the first Korean American to receive a Grammy when the band won the 2002 award for Best Hard Rock Performance.[3][15] In November 2011, Hahn designed a helmet of Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi.[16] As of April 2012, Hahn directed a film adaptation of Eric Bogosian's Mall, based on the novel, which stars and is executive produced by Vincent D'Onofrio. The musical score for the album was handled by Linkin Park and Alec Puro of Deadsy for the film.[17][18]
== Discography ==
; Other appearances
Year 	Track 	Artist 	Album 	Notes
2002 	"It's Goin' Down" (with Mike Shinoda) 	The X-Ecutioners 	Built from Scratch 	
2005 	"Slip Out the Back" 	Fort Minor 	The Rising Tied 	
2006 	"Where'd You Joe?" (Remix of "Where'd You Go") 	Fort Minor Militia EP	Fort Minor Militia exclusive track 	
"Move On"	 	 	 	
2007 	"Bass on the Bottom" (Mr. Hahn and Troublemaker Remix)	Lady Tigra 	Bass on the Bottom (Mr. Hahn + Troublemaker Remix)	
2008 	"The Young & the Hopeless" (Remixed by Mr. Hahn) 	Good Charlotte 	Greatest Remixes 	
2009 	"Vegas Baby" 	Uncle Kracker 	Happy Hour (5-track Demo) 	Outtake from the album, Happy Hour
2010 	"Black Rock Shooter" (Remix by Joe Hahn) 	Hatsune Miku 	Black Rock Shooter 	The Blu-ray release of Black Rock Shooter features a 30-second test short stop motion video as a bonus featuring a remix of "Black Rock Shooter" by Joe Hahn.
== Filmography ==
=== Music videos ===
Year 	Title 	Band 	Notes
2001 	Papercut 	Linkin Park 	Co-directed with Nathan "Karma" Cox
In the End 	 	 	
Points of Authority 	 	 	
2002 	Cold 	Static-X 	
Symphony in X Major (featuring Dr. Dre)	Xzibit 	 	
It's Goin' Down 	The X-Ecutioners 	Director and guest musician 	
Kyur4 TH Ich 	Linkin Park 	MTV:Playback and cameo appearance	
2003 	Somewhere I Belong 	 	
Numb 	 	 	
2004 	Anthem of Our Dying Day 	Story of the Year 	
From the Inside 	Linkin Park 	 	
Breaking the Habit 	Co-directed with Kazuto Nakazawa 	 	
2005 	Time to Waste 	Alkaline Trio 	
2007 	What I've Done 	Linkin Park 	
Bleed It Out 	 	 	
2008 	Shadow of the Day 	 	
Given Up 	Co-directed with Mark Fiore; credited as Linkin Park	 	
Leave Out All the Rest 	 	 	
2009 	New Divide 	 	
2010 	The Catalyst 	 	
Waiting for the End 	 	 	
2011 	Burning in the Skies 	 	
Iridescent 	 	 	
2012 	Burn It Down 	 	
2013 	A Light That Never Comes 	Linkin Park x Steve Aoki 	
2014 	Until It's Gone 	Linkin Park 	
=== Films ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2005	The Seed	Director	Co-directed with Ken Mercado
2014	Mall 	Director	Executive produced by Vincent D'Onofrio
Category:Linkin Park members