Rich Kim
{{Short description|American television director}}
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Rich Kim is an American television director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2020/08/28/lego-masters-emmy-nominated-director-rich-kim-explains-why-will-arnett-was-the-best-aspect-of-the-series/|title=‘LEGO Masters’ Emmy-nominated Director Rich Kim Explains Why Will Arnett Was the Best Aspect Of the Series|website=awardsdaily.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/feature/lego-masters-director-showrunner-video-interview-1204955381/|title=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’|website=goldderby.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/VideoHTMLNew.ashx?id=%7B45B2EE12-1CB1-4DD6-A678-C367BE630119%7D&db=web|title=Meet the Nominees: Reality Program: Rich Kim Speech|website=dga.org|access-date=2024-02-10}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sturgisjournal.com/story/news/2020/02/04/shs-graduate-rich-kim-is/1771947007/|title=SHS graduate Rich Kim is director of 'Lego Masters'|website=sturgisjournal.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/news/afi-alumni-nominated-for-2023-hollywood-guild-awards/|title=AFI Alumni Nominees and Winners for 2023 Hollywood Guild Awards|website=afi.com|access-date=2024-02-10}} He directed over 50 television series. He is also an executive producer on the Esquire Network television series Knife Fight for four seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/esquire-network-renews-knife-fight-808404/|title=Esquire Network Renews ‘Knife Fight’ for a Fourth Season|website=hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/november-2023-digital-edition/|title=November 2023 Digital Edition|website=icgmagazine.com|access-date=2024-02-10}}
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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!Result !Award !Category !Work !Ref. |
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| 2024
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |rowspan="2"|Directors Guild of America |rowspan="2"|Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs |Lego Masters for "Is It Brick?" |
| rowspan="2"|2023
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Lego Masters for "Jurass-brick World" |
| style="background: #ddffdd"| Won
|rowspan="2"|Daytime Emmy Awards |rowspan="2"|Outstanding Daytime Special |Recipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism |
| 2022
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Recipe for Change: Stop Asian Hate |
| 2021
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Directors Guild of America |Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs |rowspan="2"|Lego Masters for "Mega City Block" |
| 2020
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |
| 2019
|style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated |Daytime Emmy Awards |
| 2003
|style="background: #ddffdd"| Won |Short Form Music Video of the Year |"Irene"; tobyMac |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1009769|Rich Kim}}
- {{Official website|http://www.richkimdirector.com}}
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Category:American television directors
Category:American television producers
Category:AFI Conservatory alumni
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