Fred Guiol (February 17, 1898 – May 23, 1964), pronounced "Gill," was an American film director and screenwriter.
He directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films, as their famous comic partnership gradually developed during 1927.
Guiol had worked closely with another Roach employee, cameraman George Stevens.
When Stevens became a director in the 1930s, he often engaged Guiol as a screenwriter, Guiol, along with Ivan Moffat, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the George Stevens production of Giant.
[2] Fred Guiol is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.