{{short description|Egyptian-born American television director}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Asaad Kelada | image = Asaad Kelada.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|5|11}} | birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[American University in Cairo]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br />[[Yale University]] {{small|([[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]])}} | occupation = Television director/producer | years_active = 1964–present }} '''Asaad Kelada''' ({{langx|ar|أسعد قلادة}}; born May 11, 1940) is an Egyptian-American [[television director]] of many American television [[sitcoms]].
==Early life== Kelada was born in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] and he studied drama under [[Youssef Chahine]] at the [[American University in Cairo]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?articleid=8339 |title=The Arab American News<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=August 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013063857/http://www.arabamericannews.com/newsarticle.php?articleid=8339 |archive-date=October 13, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1961, he emigrated to the United States and studied directing at the [[Yale School of Drama]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/87/Asaad-Kelada.html|title=Asaad Kelada Biography ((?)-)|website=www.filmreference.com|access-date=2017-12-06}}</ref>
==Career== After directing stage plays and teaching drama in the 1960s and 1970s, he landed his first opportunity to direct for television in 1976, with an episode of the sitcom ''[[Rhoda]]'', "Rhoda Questions Her Life and Flies to Paris". Since that time, he has directed episodes of several well-known sitcoms including ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'', ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', ''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'', ''[[Family Ties]]'', and ''[[Who's the Boss?]]'', where he directed 117 episodes and was also listed as producer on 51 episodes.
Kelada spoke with ''[[Directors Guild of America|DGA]] Magazine'' and said that good casting is essential to the success of a comedy, because "you cannot make the actor be funny". He said that where drama is "analytical," comedy is "much more technical. It's about rhythm, timing, pace, and energy."<ref>{{cite journal | url= http://www.dga.org/news/v28_2/feat_dir-comedy101.php3 | website= DGA Magazine| via= dga.org | title= Directing Comedy 101 | volume= 28 | number= 2| date= July 2003| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070805023833/http://www.dga.org/news/v28_2/feat_dir-comedy101.php3 |archivedate= August 5, 2007 | publisher= [[Directors Guild of America]]| accessdate= January 9, 2022}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | TV series ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1976 |''[[Phyllis (TV series)|Phyllis]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |1976–1978 |''[[Rhoda]]'' |Directed 7 episodes |- |rowspan=2|1977 |''[[Busting Loose (TV series)|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 (American TV series)|The Last Resort]]'' |Directed 15 episodes |- |1980 |''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |1980–1985 |''[[The Facts of Life (TV series)|The Facts of Life]]'' |Directed 77 episodes |- |rowspan=3|1981 |''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |''[[The Two of Us (1981 TV series)|The Two of Us]]'' |Directed 4 episodes |- |''[[Park Place (TV series)|Park Place]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |rowspan=2|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!'' |Directed 1 episode, executive producer |- |rowspan=2|1986 |''[[The Hogan Family|Valerie]]'' |Directed 5 episodes |- |''Charmed Lives'' |Directed 1 episode |- |1987 |''[[Karen's Song]]'' |Directed 3 episodes |- |1988 |''[[Frank's Place]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |1988–1989 |''[[Day by Day (American TV series)|Day by Day]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |1989 |''The Ed Begley Jr. Show'' |Directed 1 episode |- |1990 |''[[Married People]]'' |Directed 12 episodes |- |rowspan=2|1991 |''[[Designing Women]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |''[[The New WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' |Directed 10 episode |- |1992 |''[[Frannie's Turn]]'' |Directed 4 episodes |- |1993–1994 |''[[George (1993 TV series)|George]]'' |Directed 9 episodes |- |1995–1996 |''[[In the House (TV series)|In the House]]'' |Directed 12 episodes |- |1996 |''[[The Louie Show]]'' |Directed 3 episodes |- |1996–1997 |''[[Sister, Sister (TV series)|Sister, Sister]]'' |Directed 16 episodes |- |1999–2002 |''[[Dharma & Greg]]'' |Directed 14 episodes |- |2000 |''[[The Michael Richards Show]]'' |Directed 4 episodes |- |2000–2001 |''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |2003 |''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |rowspan=2|2004 |''[[Good Morning, Miami]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |2005 |''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |2006 |''[[Courting Alex]]'' |Directed 3 episodes |- |2008 |''[[Happy Hour (TV series)|Happy Hour]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |rowspan=2|2009 |''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' |Directed 1 episode |- |''[[Ruby & The Rockits]]'' |Directed 2 episodes |- |2016 |''My America'' |Directed 2 episodes (TV series short) |}
==See also== * [[List of Copts]] * [[Lists of Egyptians]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0445380}} *{{emmytvlegends name|asaad-kelada}}
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