Fred Guiol
DirectingAlso in Writing, Production, and Camera
Born February 17, 1898·Died May 23, 1964 (at 66)·San Francisco, California, USA·Male
Biography
Fred Guiol was an American film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927. Along with Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.
