Rich Kim Explained

Rich Kim
Birth Place:	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 – (8 episodes)
• 2018 – Making It (6 episodes)
• 2018 – Red Table Talk (18 episodes)
• 2014-2017 – Project Runway (59 episodes)
• 2015-2016 – (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 – (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			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]

Notes and References

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