Fred Guiol
Known for
Directing
Born
February 17, 1898
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA
Died
May 23, 1964 (aged 66)
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.
Best known work
Giant
1956
A Place in the Sun
1951
Gunga Din
1939
The Talk of the Town
1942
Penny Serenade
1941
The More the Merrier
1943
The Second 100 Years
1927
Duck Soup
1927
Do Detectives Think?
1927
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926Filmography
TBA
Home WorkScreenplay
1956
GiantScreenplay, Second Unit Director
1952
Mr. Walkie TalkieDirector
1952
1951
As You WereDirector
1951
A Place in the SunOther
1948
Here Comes TroubleDirector, Producer
1944
Abroad with Two YanksWriter
1943
Yanks AhoyProducer
1943
Prairie ChickensAssociate Producer
1943
The More the MerrierAssociate Producer
1943
Taxi, MisterAssociate Producer
1942
The McGuerins from BrooklynAssociate Producer
1942
Fall InProducer
1942
The Talk of the TownAssociate Producer
1942
About FaceProducer
1942
Dudes Are Pretty PeopleAssociate Producer
1942
Hay FootDirector, Producer
1941
Miss PollyDirector
1941
Niagara FallsProducer
1941
Tanks a MillionDirector
1941
Penny SerenadeAssociate Producer
1940
Vigil in the NightScreenplay
1939
Gunga DinScreenplay
1936
Mummy's BoysDirector