Asaad Kelada
| Asaad Kelada | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
November 20, 1942 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Television director/producer |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Website | http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Asaad-Kelada.html |
Asaad Kelada (born November 20, 1942) is an American television director of many popular American television situation comedies.
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 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 and also produced 51.
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 | Busting Loose | directed 1 episode |
| We've Got Each Other | directed 1 episode | |
| 1977–1978 | The Tony Randall Show | directed 5 episodes |
| 1978 | Baby, I'm Back | directed 1 episode |
| 1978–1982 | WKRP in Cincinnati | directed 15 episodes |
| 1979–1980 | The Last Resort | directed 15 episodes |
| 1980 | Benson | directed 1 episode |
| 1980–1985 | The Facts of Life | directed 77 episodes |
| 1981 | One Day at a Time | directed 1 episode |
| The Two of Us | directed 4 episodes | |
| Park Place | directed 1 episode | |
| 1982 | Report to Murphy | directed 1 episode |
| The Facts of Life Goes to Paris | Director, Television movie | |
| 1982–1988 | Family Ties | directed 8 episodes |
| 1984 | Night Court | directed 2 episodes |
| 1984–1990 | Who's the Boss? | directed 117 episodes, producer, 51 episodes |
| 1985 | No Complaints! | Television movie |
| 1986 | The Hogan Family | directed 5 episodes |
| 1988–1989 | Day by Day | directed 2 episodes |
| 1989 | The Ed Begley Jr. Show | directed 1 episode |
| 1990 | Married People | Director, Unknown episodes |
| 1991 | Designing Women | directed 1 episode |
| 1996 | The Louie Show | directed 2 episodes |
| In the House | directed 4 episodes | |
| 1996–1997 | Sister, Sister | directed 7 episodes |
| 1999–2002 | Dharma & Greg | directed 14 episodes |
| 2000 | The Michael Richards Show | directed 4 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Everybody Loves Raymond | directed 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Good Morning, Miami | directed 1 episode |
| 2003 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | directed 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Still Standing | directed 1 episode |
| 2005 | Two and a Half Men | directed 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Courting Alex | directed 2 episodes |
| 2009 | The Office | directed 1 episode |
| Ruby & The Rockits | directed 2 episodes |