Todd Angkasuwan Explained

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)

External links

• ToddAngkasuwan.com (official website)
  • FilmedInsert Interview

Notes and References

1. http://www.aznraps.com/index.php/interviews/69-interviews/216-directors-chair-with-todd-angkasuwan "Director's Chair with Todd Angkasuwan"
2. https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/01/03/national/main145553.shtml "Serial Murder Suspect Caught"
3. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/dxnext/id.72/title.todd-angkasuwan "Todd Angkasuwan | DXNext"
4. https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117930056.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "No Sleep Til Shanghai Review"
5. http://www.myspace.com/nosleeptilshanghai "No Sleep Til Shanghai MySpace"
6. [No Sleep Til Shanghai|"No Sleep Til Shanghai Wikipedia page"]
7. http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2006/01/24/18135510.aspx "Dave Meyers: Point Of View"
8. http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/toddangkasuwan "Todd Angkasuwan Interview"
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3gLlyaps8U&feature=player_embedded "'BTS for DMX's 'Already' video"