{{Short description|Egyptian director (born 1962)}} {{Infobox person | name = <!-- defaults to article title when left blank --> | native_name = عادل عوض | image = Adel_awad.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|11|7}} | birth_place = Cairo, Egypt | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = Higher Institute of Cinema | occupation = Director | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | children = Jamila Awad }} '''Adel Awad''' (born November 7, 1962) is an Egyptian director of films and music videos.

== Early life and education == Awad was born on 7 November, 1962 at Cairo.He graduated from the Higher Institute of Cinema in Cairo in 1985.He comes from an artistic family. His father is comedian Mohamed Awad and his brother is actor Alaa Awad.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Emam |first1=Ahmed |title=Remembering 66th Birth Anniv. of Late Comedian Mohamed Awad {{!}} Sada Elbalad |url=https://see.news/remembering-66th-birth-anniv-of-late-comedian-mohamed-awad |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=see.news |language=en}}</ref> He is married to actress Randa Awad. They have one daughter, actress Jamila Awad.<ref>{{cite news |title='El-Deif' wins Public Award in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/61315/El-Deif-wins-Public-Award-in-Tallinn-Black-Nights-Film |access-date=20 May 2025 |work=EgyptToday |date=3 December 2018}}</ref> He worked as an assistant director for the 1979 film ''Shafika and Metwali''. He wrote and directed the 1993 film ''Crystal''. He acted in a few films when he was young, including in the 1986 film ''The Hunger''.

==Filmography== * ''Below Zero'' (1990) * ''The Scorpion'' (1990) * ''Crystal'' (1993) * ''Youth on Air'' (2002)

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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1431113}}

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