Fred Guiol, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fred Guiol

Film director; screenwriter

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1898

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Death: 23-May-1964

Profession: screenwriter, actor, cinematographer, film director, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Fred Guiol (February 17, 1898 – May 23, 1964) 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 Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.