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Todd Angkasuwan

Thai-American music video and documentary film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Todd Angkasuwan is a Thai-American music video and documentary film director.

Biography

Angkasuwan grew up in Riverside, California and has been making films since he was 9 years old.[1] After college, he worked as a television news reporter for ABC, CBS and Fox.[1][2] In 2005, he left his career in journalism to pursue filmmaking.[3]

In the 2006 film No Sleep Til Shanghai (Raptivism/Imperial/Caroline/EMI), Angkasuwan follows rapper Jin Au-Yeung, the first Asian American signed to a major hip-hop label, on an eight-city tour of Asia. The film documents the experiences of Jin and his entourage in visiting cities like Shanghai, Tokyo, Taipei and Singapore for the first time.[4] The film screened to a sold out audience at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Documentary.[5] It was also nominated for Best Documentary at the 2005 Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival.[6]

Angkasuwan has written for AllHipHop[1][7] and cites Stanley Kubrick, Wong Kar-wai, Michel Gondry, Hype Williams and David Fincher as influences.[8]

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Music videos

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His directing work includes music videos for artists including:

2005

2006

  • The Society of Invisibles - "Watching You"
  • Anglo-Saxon - "This Old House"
  • Roscoe Umali featuring E-40 - "Live It Up"
  • Move.meant - "Good Money"
  • Move.meant - "Higher (Breathe)"
  • Chan - "Lonely Road"
  • Jin - "F.Y.I."/"100 Grand Jin"
  • Far*East Movement - "Holla Hey"
  • The Society of Invisibles - "Hack Pack"
  • Strong Arm Steady feat. Talib Kweli - "One Step"
  • Far*East Movement - "Smile"

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

  • R.A. the Rugged Man - "Shoot Me In The Head" never released or finished by director
  • Thaitanium ft. Coga - "Sukebe"
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Films

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