---
name: "Anthony Rich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anthony-rich"
fi1m_id: "anthony-rich"
imdb_id: "nm0723597"
tmdb_id: 1320838
wikidata_id: "Q112189006"
roles: ["First assistant director","Director"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T10:46:07.706536+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anthony Rich

## Identity

Anthony Rich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anthony-rich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anthony-rich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0723597
- **TMDB ID:** 1320838
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112189006
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112189006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320838

First assistant director and director. Born 1 January 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant director, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1968, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Anthony Joseph Rich
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112189006, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1320838

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Big Bang Theory*](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md) (68)

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## Biography

Anthony Rich is an American television director and first assistant director. He has directed episodes of series including *The Big Bang Theory* (2010–2017), *Mom* (2014–2017), *Call Me Kat* (2021–2023), *iCarly* (2021–2023) and *Night Court* (2023–2025). He also served as first assistant director on the full run of *The Big Bang Theory*.

Rich is the son of director John Rich. He began his career as a production assistant and wrote an episode of *MacGyver* in 1990. He received a Directors Guild of America nomination for outstanding directorial achievement in a comedy series for an episode of *The Big Bang Theory*.

*Sources: imdb.com, bigbangtheory.fandom.com, dga.org, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), Fi1m 68, Director, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shifting Gears* (2025), series, Director
- *Night Court* (2023), series, Director
- *How I Met Your Father* (2022), series, Director
- *iCarly* (2021), series, Director
- *Call Me Kat* (2021), series, Director
- *Outmatched* (2020), series, Director
- *The Cool Kids* (2018), series, Director
- *Man with a Plan* (2016), series, Director
- *Dr. Ken* (2015), series, Director
- *Mom* (2013), series, Director
- *2 Broke Girls* (2011), series, Director
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, Director, First Assistant Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)

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