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Joseph Kahn takes home 8th VMA for Video of the Year

August 31, 2015
Director Joseph Kahn, left, and Taylor Swift appear on stage after Swift accepts the award for female video of the year for “Blank Space” at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Director Joseph Kahn, left, joins Taylor Swift as she accepts the award for female video of the year for “Bad Blood” at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. Kahn won his own VMA for Video of the Year given for his work on Swift’s “Bad Blood.” (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

By Brian Han

Grammy Award-winning Korean American music video director Joseph Kahn took home his eighth MTV Video Music Award (VMA) for Video of the Year.

Most recently it was for his work on Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood”, which featured Kendrick Lamar, Jessica Alba and Selena Gomez just to name a few.

The video brought in 20.7 million YouTube viewers on the day that it was released.

Kahn has directed countless big budget music videos for A-list artists including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and U2.

The 42-year-old was born in Busan, South Korea and immigrated with his family at a young age. He was born as Ahn Jun-hee.