Joseph Hahn was born on March 15,1977 and is an American musician, DJ, director, and visual artist best known as the DJ and creative director of the American rock band Linkin Park, doing the scratching, turntables, sampling, and programming for all seven of Linkin Park's albums.
17 Facts About Joe Hahn
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Joseph "Joe" Hahn was born the youngest of three children in Dallas; Hahn has two older sisters.
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Joe Hahn grew up in Glendale, California, and is a second-generation Korean American.
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Joe Hahn graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in Glendale in 1995.
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Joe Hahn then studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena but did not graduate.
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Joe Hahn began deejaying in high school, and he studied illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
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Joe Hahn guest starred in Shinoda's Fort Minor's debut album The Rising Tied on the song "Slip Out the Back".
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Joe Hahn has directed videos for Alkaline Trio, Static-X, Story of the Year, and Xzibit.
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Joe Hahn is known to add various dramatic effects to the music videos he directs, such as casting a snake in the video for "Iridescent".
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Outside of his work in music, Joe Hahn provided special effects work on The X-Files and the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune.
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Joe Hahn directed a short film called The Seed and acquired the rights to produce a film adaptation of China Mieville's novel King Rat.
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Joe Hahn directed the trailer for the video game Medal of Honor, featuring Linkin Park's single "The Catalyst".
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Joe Hahn became the first Korean American to receive a Grammy when the band won the 2002 award for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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In November 2011, Joe Hahn designed a helmet of Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi.
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In 2022, Joe Hahn composed the original score for the Samurai movie Blade of the 47 Ronin along with co-contributor Alec Puro.
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On February 15,2005, Joe Hahn married Karen Benedit; they divorced in 2009.
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On October 21,2012, Joe Hahn married Heidi Woan, whom he had met about two years prior in 2010.