Rich Kim

American television director

Rich Kim

Born	Sturgis, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Television director

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

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.
2024	Nominated	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs	Lego Masters for "Is It Brick?"	^[8]
2023	Nominated	Directors Guild of America	Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs	Lego Masters for "Jurass-brick World"	^[9]
2023	Won	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Daytime Special	Recipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism	^[10]
2022	Nominated	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Daytime Special	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	Lego Masters for "Mega City Block"	^[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

^ "'LEGO Masters' Emmy-nominated Director Rich Kim Explains Why Will Arnett Was the Best Aspect Of the Series". awardsdaily.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "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.
^ "Meet the Nominees: Reality Program: Rich Kim Speech". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "SHS graduate Rich Kim is director of 'Lego Masters'". sturgisjournal.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "AFI Alumni Nominees and Winners for 2023 Hollywood Guild Awards". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "Esquire Network Renews 'Knife Fight' for a Fourth Season". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "November 2023 Digital Edition". icgmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2023". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "DGA Awards: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan Take Top Honor for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "Daytime Emmys 2023: 'General Hospital,' 'The Kelly Clarkson Show' Lead Tally, Take Top Prizes". variety.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "NATAS ANNOUNCES 2022 DAYTIME EMMY NOMINATIONS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2020". dga.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "Rich Kim". emmys.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 47TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS" (PDF). theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ "2003 Dove Awards Winners". billboard.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.