He graduated high school and then he went to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California
with his fellow Linkin Park bandmate, Mike Shinoda. His intended field of study was illustration but decided to drop
out to pursue a career involving overseeing special effects in television shows and movies such as The X-Files, Sphere and Dune.
He joined Linkin Park in 1997 as the band's DJ. Since then, he has directed music videos for most singles of his band. He has also directed videos for
Static-X ("Cold"), Story of the Year ("Anthem of our Dying Day") and Alkaline Trio ("Time To Waste").
Mr Hahn is known for his sarcastic and dry sense of humor during interviews.
He has been known to have a split personality named Remy.
Although this was a joke, fans have taken this seriously. In his solo song "Cure For The Itch" in Hybrid Theory, Remy speaks in the beginning of the song.
The lines are "Folks, we have a very special guest for you tonight, I'd like to introduce Mr.Hahn."
He is busy doing his own side-projects.
Recently, he shot a mini-film called The Seed in Los Angeles and plans to enter it in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
He is also working on Kung Fu High School and King Rat, which is an adaptation of the novel by China Mieville.
In 2006 he opened a small clothing store in Los Angeles' fashion district called "Suru".
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