Person
Fred Guiol
Directing · 1898–1964 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known for
Giant
Screenplay
A Place in the Sun
Other
Hay Foot
Director
Home Work
Screenplay
About Face
Producer
The More the Merrier
Associate Producer
Penny Serenade
Associate Producer
Horse Heir
Director
Gunga Din
Screenplay
Slipping Wives
Director
Filmography
- 1956GiantScreenplay
- 1952Mr. Walkie TalkieDirector
- 1952Something to Live ForOther
- 1951As You WereDirector
- 1951A Place in the SunOther
- 1948Here Comes TroubleDirector
- 1944Abroad with Two YanksWriter
- 1943Yanks AhoyProducer
- 1943Prairie ChickensAssociate Producer
- 1943The More the MerrierAssociate Producer
- 1943Taxi, MisterAssociate Producer
- 1942The McGuerins from BrooklynAssociate Producer
- 1942Fall InProducer
- 1942The Talk of the TownAssociate Producer
- 1942About FaceProducer
- 1942Dudes Are Pretty PeopleAssociate Producer
- 1942Hay FootDirector
- 1941Miss PollyDirector
- 1941Niagara FallsProducer
- 1941Tanks a MillionDirector
- 1941Penny SerenadeAssociate Producer
- 1940Vigil in the NightScreenplay
- 1939Gunga DinScreenplay
- 1936Mummy's BoysDirector
- 1936Silly BilliesDirector
- 1935The RainmakersDirector
- 1935A Quiet FourthDirector
- 1935The NitwitsScreenplay
- 1935Raised and CalledDirector
- 1935Horse HeirDirector
- 1934Kentucky KernelsScreenplay
- 1934Ocean SwellsWriter
- 1934Rough NeckingStory
- 1934What's Your RacketDirector
- 1933Walking Back HomeStory
- 1933What FurStory
- 1933Flirting in the ParkStory
- 1933The Cohens and Kellys in TroubleWriter
- 1932Boys Will Be BoysWriter
- 1931Disappearing EnemiesDirector
- 1930Breakfast in BedDirector
- 1930Hold the BabyDirector
- 1930Traffic TangleDirector
- 1930Live and LearnDirector
- 1930Rich UnclesWriter
- 1930The Fighting ParsonDirector
- 1930The Head GuyDirector
- 1929Skirt ShyDirector
- 1928Feed 'em and WeepDirector
- 1928The Boy FriendDirector
- 1928The Fight PestDirector
- 1928Limousine LoveDirector
- 1928Aching YouthDirector
- 1928The Family GroupDirector
- 1928Pass the GravyDirector
- 1927Fighting FathersDirector
- 1927Do Detectives Think?Director
- 1927The Second 100 YearsDirector
- 1927Sugar DaddiesDirector
- 1927With Love and HissesDirector
- 1927Why Girls Love SailorsDirector
- 1927Love 'Em and WeepDirector
- 1927Slipping WivesDirector
- 1927Duck SoupDirector
- 1927Two-Time MamaDirector
- 192645 Minutes from HollywoodDirector
- 1926Get 'Em YoungDirector
- 1926Along Came AuntieDirector
- 1926Don Key (Son of Burro)Director
- 1926Say It with BabiesDirector
- 1926Long PantsDirector
- 1925Flaming FlappersDirector
- 1925Tell It to a PolicemanDirector
- 1925Sure-Mike!Director
- 1925The Haunted HoneymoonDirector
- 1925Papa Be Good!Director
- 1924The Goofy AgeDirector
- 1924Meet the MissusDirector
- 1924The Battling OriolesDirector
- 1924Don't Park ThereDirector
- 1923The Great OutdoorsDirector
- 1923Heavy SeasDirector
- 1919Just NeighborsDirector of Photography
- —Home WorkScreenplay
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