Asaad Kelada ( ar, أسعد قلادة; born May 11, 1940) is an American

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of many American television sitcoms.

Early life

Kelada was born in

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and he studied drama under

Youssef Chahine Youssef Chahine ( ar, يوسف شاهين, Yūsuf Shāhīn ; 25 January 1926 – 27 July 2008) was an Egyptians, Egyptian film director. He was active in the Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death. He directed twel ...

at the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning programs ...

. In 1961, he immigrated to the United States and studied directing at the

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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 the sitcom ''

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'', "Rhoda Questions Her Life and Flies to Paris". Since that time he has directed episodes of several well-known sitcoms including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''

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'', and '' Who's the Boss?'', for which he directed 117 episodes and also was a producer on 51 episodes. Kelada spoke with '' 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."

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelada, Asaad Egyptian emigrants to the United States The American University in Cairo alumni Yale School of Drama alumni American television directors Egyptian people of Coptic descent American people of Coptic descent Living people 1942 births Mass media people from Cairo

Early life

Career

Filmography

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