1956Winner
Best Writing
Giant
Fred Guiol
Director · Producer · Writer
San Francisco, California, USA
February 17, 1898
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1951Nominee
Best Director
A Place in the Sun
1939Nominee
Best Writing
Gunga Din
Career Highlights
1942Highlight
Best Director
Hay Foot
1942Highlight
Best Picture
About Face
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Giant
A Place in the Sun
Gunga Din