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.
Fred Guiol has 91 screen credits in a career dating back to 1919. Their work is anchored in the Taxi (Streamliners) Collection universe with 2 titles. Signature works include Giant, A Place in the Sun, Here Comes Trouble. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
