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Syd Field

1935 - 2013

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Sydney Alvin Field (December 19, 1935 – November 17, 2013) was an American 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. In 2001, he was inducted into American Screenwriters Association's Screenwriting Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Syd Field is the 3,998th most popular writer (up from 4,022nd in 2019), the 5,874th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,254th in 2019) and the 450th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Syd Field ranks 3,998 out of 7,302. Before him are Nick Hornby, Ferenc Fejtő, Moa Martinson, Johannes Jørgensen, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, and Anar Rzayev. After him are Yu Dafu, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Simin Behbahani, Alykul Osmonov, Carmen Martín Gaite, and Herbert Achternbusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Syd Field ranks 268. Before him are Laurent Terzieff, Andréa Parisy, Belinda Lee, Doug McClure, Valentin Gaft, and Alfrēds Rubiks. After him are Rafer Johnson, Bernard Pivot, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Hrvoje Šarinić, Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, and Oscar Panno. Among people deceased in 2013, Syd Field ranks 257. Before him are Antonio Roma, Eric Ericson, Richard C. Sarafian, Krsto Papić, Ted Post, and Daniel Duval. After him are Jean Pickering, Storm Thorgerson, Imre Nagy, Jimmy Fontana, José Faria, and Roman Vlad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Syd Field ranks 5,874 out of 20,380. Before him are Gus Hall (1910), Arleigh Burke (1901), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), Michael Cole (1968), Mark Tornillo (1954), and Paul J. Weitz (1932). After him are Mary Blair (1911), Woody Herman (1913), Todd Phillips (1970), Margo Martindale (1951), Shawn Fonteno (1976), and Joe Dallesandro (1948).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Syd Field ranks 450. Before him are Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Michael Blake (1945), Henry Adams (1838), Joe Haldeman (1943), and Elizabeth Strout (1956). After him are Ralph Ellison (1914), Og Mandino (1923), Daniel Silva (1960), Gary Chapman (1938), Bret Harte (1836), and Emma Lazarus (1849).

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