Rich Kim

American television director

Rich Kim

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Sturgis, Michigan, U.S.

Occupation| Television director

Rich Kim is an American television director.[1][2][3]

## Career

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Rich holds a BFA from the University of Illinois Chicago and an MFA from the American Film Institute, where he won the Franklin J. Schaffner Award for best thesis film.[4][5] He directed over 50 television series. He is also an executive producer on the Esquire Network television series Knife Fight for four seasons.[6][7]

## Selected filmography

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* 2023 – Is It Cake? (8 episodes)
* 2023 – Snake Oil (10 episodes)
* 2023 – MasterChef Junior : "Home for the Holidays" (4 episodes)
* 2020-2023 – Lego Masters (46 episodes)
* 2019-2023 – MasterChef (67 episodes)
* 2021-2022 – Family Game Fight! (9 episodes)
* 2022 – MasterChef Junior (16 episodes)
* 2021 – Foodtastic
* 2021 – Recipe For Change
* 2019 – Awake: The Million Dollar Game (8 episodes)
* 2018 – Making It (6 episodes)
* 2018 – Red Table Talk (18 episodes)
* 2014-2017 – Project Runway (59 episodes)
* 2015-2016 – Project Runway: Junior (11 episodes)
* 2016 – Kocktails with Khloé
* 2009-2013 – Tough Love (49 episodes)
* 2009 – Confessions of a Teen Idol (8 episodes)
* 2008 – The Pickup Artist (8 episodes)
* 2008 – Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (8 episodes)
* 2008 – Scott Baio Is 45...and Single (8 episodes)
* 2003-2007 – Road Rules (50 episodes)
* 2003 – The Simple Life
* 2002-2004 – The Real World (30 episodes)

As executive producer

* 2013-2015 – Knife Fight (49 episodes)
* 2015 – Food To Get You Laid (7 episodes)

### List of awards and nominations

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Year  | Result  | Award  | Category  | Work  | Ref.

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2024  | Nominated  | Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs | Lego Masters for "Is It Brick?"  | [8]
2023  | Nominated  | Lego Masters for "Jurass-brick World"  | [9]
Won  | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Daytime Special  | Recipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism | [10]
2022  | Nominated  | Recipe for Change: Stop Asian Hate | [11]
2021  | Nominated  | Directors Guild of America  | Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs  | Lego Masters for "Mega City Block"  | [12]
2020  | Nominated  | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program | [13]
2019  | Nominated  | Daytime Emmy Awards  | Outstanding Talk Show Informative | Red Table Talk | [14]
2003  | Won  | GMA Dove Award | Short Form Music Video of the Year  | "Irene"; tobyMac | [15]

## References

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1. ^ "'LEGO Masters' Emmy-nominated Director Rich Kim Explains Why Will Arnett Was the Best Aspect Of the Series". awardsdaily.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
2. ^ "Anthony Dominici and Rich Kim ('Lego Masters' executive producer and director) on going from AFI to reality TV: 'Somehow we ended up working together our entire careers'". goldderby.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
3. ^ "Meet the Nominees: Reality Program: Rich Kim Speech". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
4. ^ "SHS graduate Rich Kim is director of 'Lego Masters'". sturgisjournal.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
5. ^ "AFI Alumni Nominees and Winners for 2023 Hollywood Guild Awards". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
6. ^ "Esquire Network Renews 'Knife Fight' for a Fourth Season". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
7. ^ "November 2023 Digital Edition". icgmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
8. ^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2023". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
9. ^ "DGA Awards: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan Take Top Honor for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
10. ^ "Daytime Emmys 2023: 'General Hospital,' 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' Lead Tally, Take Top Prizes". variety.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
11. ^ "NATAS ANNOUNCES 2022 DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATIONS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
12. ^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
13. ^ "Rich Kim". emmys.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
14. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 47TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
15. ^ "2003 Dove Awards Winners". billboard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.

## External links

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* Rich Kim at IMDb
* Official website

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