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- Birth nameSydney Alvin Field
- Syd Field was born on December 19, 1935 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Men in Crisis (1964), Screenplay Series with Syd Field (2007) and When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). He was married to Aviva. He died on November 17, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Spouses? (1 child)Aviva(? - November 17, 2013) (his death)
- Syd Field taught Screenwriting at USC Film school during the 1980s. Some of his former students include Trey Callaway, Todd Slavkin, Elisa Bell, David Goyer, John Singleton and Laura Vineyard.
- He wrote eight best-selling books on screenwriting.
- He studied English literature at Berkeley, before moving into television. He became a special script consultant for several Hollywood studios.
- He received his B.A. in English Literature at University of California, Berkeley in 1960.
- [re watching films to spot plot points] It's an excellent exercise. The more you do it, the easier it gets. Pretty soon it will be ingrained in your consciousness; you'll grasp the essential nature of the relationship between structure and story.
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