Rich Kim

Rich Kim is an American television director. 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. He directed over 50 television series. He is also an executive producer on the Esquire Network television series Knife Fight for four seasons.

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 YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.2024 NominatedDirectors Guild of AmericaOutstanding Directing – Reality ProgramsLego Masters for "Is It Brick?" 2023 NominatedLego Masters for "Jurass-brick World" WonDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Daytime SpecialRecipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism 2022 NominatedRecipe for Change: Stop Asian Hate 2021 NominatedDirectors Guild of AmericaOutstanding Directing – Reality ProgramsLego Masters for "Mega City Block" 2020 NominatedPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Directing for a Reality Program 2019 NominatedDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Talk Show InformativeRed Table Talk 2003 WonGMA Dove AwardShort Form Music Video of the Year"Irene"; tobyMac