Todd Angkasuwan

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]

Music videos

His directing work includes music videos for artists including:

2005

Jin - "Top 5 (Dead or Alive)"

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

Joell Ortiz - "125 Grams"
Chan - "Street Legends"
Jin - "ABC"
Mitchy Slick - "Ain't My Fault"
KRS-One featuring Marley Marl - "Hip Hop Lives"
Bizarre - "Fat Boy"
Styles P feat. Swizz Beatz - "Blow Ya Mind"

2008

Vox Merger - "Reasons"
AZ - "Undeniable"
Sheek Louch - "Good Love"
Far*East Movement featuring Baby Bash and Lil Rob - "You've Got a Friend"
RZA feat. Inspectah Deck - "Can't Stop Me Now"
Wale & Justice - "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E."
Snoop Dogg/Akshay Kumar/RDB - "Singh Is King"
Slow Pain - "OG Love"
DMX - "Already" (Unreleased)^[9]
Ese Daz - "She's Got It"
RZA feat. Monk & Thea - "Drama"
Snoop Dogg - "Staxxx in My Jeans"
Lil Rob - "Let Me Come Back"

2009

DJ Revolution ft. Kbimean - "Man Or Machine"
UGK - "Da Game Been Good To Me"
B-Real ft. Damian Marley - "Fire"
Reflection Eternal (Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek) - "Back Again"
Tash - "New Bikini"
KRS-One & Buckshot - "Robot"
Marco Polo & Torae - "Double Barrel"
Skyzoo - "Popularity"
KRS-One & Buckshot - "Survival Skills"
Raheem Devaughn ft. Ludacris - "Bulletproof"
The Dares - "It's Your World"

2010

Soulja Boy Tell'em - "2 Milli"
RZA feat. Kinetic - "You Must Be Dreaming"
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - "Nobody"
B. Taylor ft. Ray J - "Get This Party Started"
T-Pain ft. Rick Ross - "Rap Song"

2011

Travis Porter - "Bring It Back"
Pharoahe Monch feat. Idris Elba - "The Warning"
Random Axe - "The Hex"
Random Axe - "Random Call"
Black Rob - "Celebration"
Black Rob - "Showin Up"
Self Scientific - "God's Language"
Evidence - "You"
Evidence - "It Wasn't Me"
DJ Cosla & Tribeca - "The World's Best"
Statik Selektah ft. Lecrae - "Live and Let Live"
Statik Selektah ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Freddie Gibbs - "Play The Game"

2012

Big K.R.I.T. - "I Got This"
Evidence - "Falling Down"
Traphik & Dyme-A-Duzin - "Fly Young Gentlemen"
Traphik ft. Tori Kelly - "Magnetic"
Kottonmouth Kings - "Hold It In"
Jin - "Brand New Me"
MURS & Fashawn - "Slash Gordan"
Brother Ali - "Mourning in America"
Chris Webby ft. Bun B & Kid Ink - "Wait A Minute"

2013

DJ Cosla & Tribeca - "Battle Tested"
Sean Price - "Genesis of the Omega"
Sean Price ft. Pharoahe Monch - "BBQ Sauce"

2014

Mickey Avalon - "Hollywood"
Marco Polo ft Talib Kweli - "G.U.R.U."
Kap G ft. Wiz Khalifa & Kirko Bangz - "Tatted Like Amigos"
Thaitanium ft. Snoop Dogg - "WAKE UP (Bangkok City)"

2015

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

Films

No Sleep Til Shanghai (2007)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Director's Chair with Todd Angkasuwan". AZNRaps. July 25, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
^ "Serial Murder Suspect Caught". CBS News. January 3, 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
^ "Todd Angkasuwan | DXNext". HipHopDX. July 16, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.
^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai Review". Variety.com. March 28, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai MySpace"
^ "No Sleep Til Shanghai Wikipedia page"
^ "Dave Meyers: Point Of View". AllHipHop. January 24, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2009.
^ "Todd Angkasuwan Interview". Dubcnn. March 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
^ "'BTS for DMX's 'Already' video"

External links

[azn-1] "Director's Chair with Todd Angkasuwan". AZNRaps. July 25, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2009.

[2] "Serial Murder Suspect Caught". CBS News. January 3, 2000. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

[3] "Todd Angkasuwan | DXNext". HipHopDX. July 16, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2008.

[4] "No Sleep Til Shanghai Review". Variety.com. March 28, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2007.

[5] "No Sleep Til Shanghai MySpace"

[6] "No Sleep Til Shanghai Wikipedia page"

[7] "Dave Meyers: Point Of View". AllHipHop. January 24, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2009.

[8] "Todd Angkasuwan Interview". Dubcnn. March 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2009.

[9] "'BTS for DMX's 'Already' video"

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