About Asaad Kelada - Director

One of television’s most prolific directors, Asaad has directed over 300 episodes for all the major networks, and was series director for The Facts of Life, Who’s the Boss?, WKRP in Cincinnati, The Last Resort, Frannie’s Turn, Married People, George, In the House, and Sister, Sister. He also directed the pilots for several new network series, including those for Family Ties, The Last Resort, Report to Murphy, Bureau, Married People and George.

In the theater he has directed major productions for acclaimed professional companies around the country, including the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Cassius Carter Theatre in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Philadelphia Playhouse-in-the-Park, Delaware Festival of the Arts, Mark Taper Forum Lab, The Met and the Tiffany Theaters in Los Angeles.

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Asaad came to the United States in 1961 to pursue graduate studies at Yale University School of Drama. He graduated from Yale in 1964 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing. For four years he was a member of the Drama Faculty at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he directed the Antioch Shakespeare Festival and the Antioch Area Theatre, and was Artistic Director of the Trotwood Circle Theater, Trotwood, Ohio. Then for three years he headed the Directing Department of the U.S. International University at San Diego.

He is a member of the teaching faculty at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts West, and the California Institute of the Arts.