Rich Kim

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

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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

As executive producer

List of awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2024Nominated Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing – Reality Programs Lego Masters for "Is It Brick?" [8]
2023Nominated Lego Masters for "Jurass-brick World" [9]
Won Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Daytime SpecialRecipe for Change: Standing up to Anti-Semitism [10]
2022NominatedRecipe for Change: Stop Asian Hate [11]
2021NominatedDirectors Guild of AmericaOutstanding Directing – Reality Programs Lego Masters for "Mega City Block" [12]
2020Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program [13]
2019NominatedDaytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Talk Show Informative Red Table Talk [14]
2003Won GMA Dove Award Short Form Music Video of the Year"Irene"; tobyMac [15]

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