---
name: "Asaad Kelada"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/asaad-kelada"
fi1m_id: "asaad-kelada"
imdb_id: "nm0445380"
tmdb_id: 1212807
wikidata_id: "Q431144"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 November 1942"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:51:17.006216+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Asaad Kelada

## Identity

Asaad Kelada

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/asaad-kelada
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** asaad-kelada
- **IMDb ID:** nm0445380
- **TMDB ID:** 1212807
- **Wikidata ID:** Q431144
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaad_Kelada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212807

Director. Born 20 November 1942 in Cairo.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 November 1942, Cairo
- **Active:** 2003–2005
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asaad_Kelada, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212807

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77), [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Asaad Kelada is an Egyptian-American television director and producer. Born in Cairo on 20 November 1942, he studied drama at the American University in Cairo before emigrating to the United States in 1961. He trained in directing at the Yale School of Drama.

Kelada began his career directing stage plays and teaching drama. His first television credit came in 1976 with an episode of the sitcom *Rhoda*. He went on to direct numerous episodes of popular series including *The Facts of Life*, *Family Ties*, *Dharma & Greg*, *Everybody Loves Raymond*, *Two and a Half Men* and *The Office*. He directed 117 episodes of *Who's the Boss?* and served as producer on 51 of them.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, interviews.televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ruby & The Rockits* (2009), series, Director
- *The Office* (2005), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *Still Standing* (2002), series, Director
- *Good Morning, Miami* (2002), series, Director
- *The Michael Richards Show* (2000), series, Director
- *Reunited* (1998), series, Director
- *Dharma & Greg* (1997), series, Director
- *Head over Heels* (1997), series, Director
- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), series, Director
- *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, Director
- *The Louie Show* (1996), series, Director
- *In the House* (1995), series, Director
- *Sister, Sister* (1994), series, Director
- *The New WKRP in Cincinnati* (1991), series, Director
- *Married People* (1990), series, Director
- *Day by Day* (1988), series, Director
- *Frank's Place* (1987), series, Director
- *Karen's Song* (1987), series, Director
- *Designing Women* (1986), series, Director
- *The Hogan Family* (1986), series, Director
- *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, Director
- *Night Court* (1984), series, Director
- *The Facts of Life Goes to Paris* (1982), Director
- *Family Ties* (1982), series, Director
- *Report to Murphy* (1982), series, Director
- *Park Place* (1981), series, Director
- *The Two of Us* (1981), series, Director
- *Benson* (1979), series, Director
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Director
- *WKRP in Cincinnati* (1978), series, Director
- *Baby, I'm Back* (1978), series, Director
- *We've Got Each Other* (1977), series, Director
- *Busting Loose* (1977), series, Director
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, Director
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, Director
- *Phyllis* (1975), series, Director
- *Rhoda* (1974), series, Director

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