# Adel Awad

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{{Short description|Egyptian director (born 1962)}}
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| birth_place   = Cairo, Egypt
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| children      = [Jamila Awad](/source/Jamila_Awad)
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'''Adel Awad''' (born November 7, 1962) is an [Egyptian](/source/Egyptians) director of films and music videos.

== Early life and education ==
Awad was born on 7 November, 1962 at [Cairo](/source/Cairo).He graduated from the [Higher Institute of Cinema](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Hunger_(1986_film))''.

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

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

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Category:Living people
Category:1962 births
Category:Egyptian film directors
Category:Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema alumni
Category:Male actors from Cairo
Category:Egyptian film actors

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