Asaad Kelada

Asaad Kelada

📺 An American TV director of Egyptian origin

📝 Personal Information

📅 Born: 1941 (Age: 83–84)

🏙 Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

🇪🇬 Nationality: Egyptian

🎓 Education:

The American University in Cairo

Yale School of Drama

🗣 Languages:

Arabic (Egyptian dialect)

English

🎬 Career

📌 Studied at The American University in Cairo under the renowned director Youssef Chahine, who encouraged him to move to the United States to further his studies in directing.

📌 Started his career in directing American TV series in the 1970s and became highly successful in the sitcom genre.

🎥 Notable Directing Works

📺 TV Series:

Rhoda (1974-1978)

WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-1982)

Who's the Boss? (1984-1990) – 🎬 Directed 117 episodes

Everybody Loves Raymond (2000-2001)

Ruby (2009)

📊 Total Works:

✔️ Over 25 sitcoms

✔️ 5 family series

✔️ 2 romantic series

✔️ Several documentary films

🎭 Acting Roles

🎞️ Cairo Station (Bab El Hadid) (1958)

🎞️ Nidaa Al Oshaq (1960)

🌟 Asaad Kelada is considered one of the most influential directors in shaping American sitcoms, leaving a lasting mark on TV history.