Rich Kim
American television director
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Rich Kim is an American television director.[1][2][3]
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| Born | Sturgis, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois Chicago American Film Institute |
| Occupations | Television director, producer |
| Notable work | Knife Fight |
Career
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
- 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
| 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] |
