Syd Field Biography

Sydney Alvin Field (December 19, 1935 – November 17, 2013) was a leading American screenwriter and author, who wrote several books on screenwriting, the first being Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (Dell Publishing, 1979). He led workshops and seminars about producing salable screenplays. Hollywood film producers use Field's ideas on structure to measure the potential of screenplays.