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Asaad Kelada 
Born Cairo, Egypt Occupation Television director Asaad Kelada is an American television director of many popular American television situation comedies.
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Early life
Kelada was born in Cairo, Egypt where he studied drama under Youssef Chahine at the American University in Cairo.[1] In 1961, he emigrated to the United States and studied directing at the Yale University School of Drama.[2]
Career
After directing stage plays and teaching drama in the 1960s and 1970s, he received his first opportunity directing television in 1976 with an episode of Rhoda titled "Rhoda Questions Her Life and Flies to Paris". Since then, he has directed episodes of many well-known sitcoms, including Benson, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Facts of Life, and Who's the Boss?, for which he directed 117 episodes. His most recent work includes direction on Dharma & Greg and Everybody Loves Raymond.
In an interview, Kelada said that good casting is essential to the success of a comedy, because "you cannot make the actor BE funny". He also said that where drama is "analytical," comedy is "much more technical. It's about rhythm, timing, pace and energy."[3]
Filmography
Year Series Notes 1976 Phyllis 2 episodes 1976–1978 Rhoda 7 episodes 1977 Bustin' Loose 1 episode We've Got Each Other 1 episode 1977–1978 The Tony Randall Show 5 episodes 1978 Baby, I'm Back 1 episode 1978–1982 WKRP in Cincinnati 15 episodes 1979–1980 The Last Resort 15 episodes 1980 Benson 1 episode 1980–1985 The Facts of Life 77 episodes 1981 One Day at a Time 1 episode The Two of Us 4 episodes Park Place 1 episode 1982 Report to Murphy 1 episode The Facts of Life Goes to Paris Television movie 1982–1988 Family Ties 8 episodes 1984–1990 Who's the Boss? 117 episodes 1985 No Complaints! Television movie 1986 The Hogan Family 5 episodes 1988–1989 Day by Day 2 episodes 1989 The Ed Begley Jr. Show 1 episode 1990 Married People Unknown episodes 1991 Designing Women 1 episode 1996 The Louie Show 2 episodes In the House 4 episodes 1996–1997 Sister, Sister 7 episodes 1999–2002 Dharma & Greg 14 episodes 2000 The Michael Richards Show 4 episodes 2000–2001 Everybody Loves Raymond 2 episodes 2001 Good Morning, Miami 1 episode 2003 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 2 episodes 2004 Still Standing 1 episode 2005 Two and a Half Men 2 episodes 2006 Courting Alex 2 episodes 2009 The Office 1 episode Ruby & The Rockits 2 episodes See also
- List of Copts
- Lists of Egyptians
References
External links
Categories:- American people of Egyptian descent
- American television directors
- Living people
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