Todd Angkasuwan

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

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"

Films

References
  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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