Adel Awad (born November 7, 1962) is an Egyptian director of films and music videos. He graduated from the

Higher Institute of Cinema The Higher Institute Of Cinema (), also known as the Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema, is a film school in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of several institutes making up the Egyptian Academy of Arts. It is the oldest film school in the Middle East and ...

in Cairo in 1985. He comes from an artistic family. His father is comedian Mohamed Awad and his brother is actor Alaa Awad. He is married to actress Randa Awad. They have one daughter, actress

Jamila Awad Jamila Awad (born 6 April 1991) is an Egyptian actress. She gained attention after her debut in the 2015 television series ''Under Control''. Early life Jamila Awad was born in Egypt and was raised in an artistic family. Her father is the film ...

. He worked as an assistant director for the 1979 film ''

Shafika and Metwali ''Chafika et Metwal'' ("Chafika et Metwal"," Shafika and Metwali "," Shafika wa Metwalli(y)" ("شفيقة و متولي") is a 1979 Egyptian drama/romance film starring Soad Hosny and Ahmed Zaki. It was directed and written by Ali Badrakhan from a ...

''. 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''.

Filmography

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

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* Living people 1962 births Egyptian film directors Cairo Higher Institute of Cinema alumni Male actors from Cairo Egyptian film actors {{Egypt-film-director-stub