All these years later, what do I remember? Not that much, if truth be told. But what has stuck with me is Field’s faith in structure, his belief that if the narrative is built solidly enough ...

That a film – or any story for that matter – is best told in three acts is an approach that even a movie neophyte is familiar with. But acclaimed screenwriting teacher Syd Field, who died ...

Field's 1979 book 'Screenplay' has sold more than 1 million copies in 42 languages. Writers including Judd Apatow, John Singleton and Alfonso Cuaron took Field's scriptwriting class.

Syd Field was a highly sought-after screenwriting teacher, renowned as a guru of the art of the screenplay. Of his eight books on the subject, the first, Screenplay: the Foundations of ...

Syd Field passed away on Sunday, and most of the online remembrances have, like I just did, commented on his promotion of the traditional three-act structure. But the great thing about Fields was the ...

Screenwriting guru Syd Field has died. Field, who authored several books about screenwriting and conducted workshops and seminars on the subject, passed away at his home in Beverly Hills on Sunday ...

Central to Field’s philosophy was the notion that screenwriting is an egalitarian pursuit, open to anyone with a story to tell. Screenwriting guru Syd Field passed away yesterday. The 77-year ...

“Syd Field died today,” I tell my son.“Who’s Syd Field?” he asks.“He came up with a theory that there was a formula that was used in every great screenplay, and if you followed that ...

Syd Field, who has died aged 77 ... you’ll grasp the essential nature of the relationship between structure and story.” Sydney Alvin Field was born in Los Angeles on December 19 1935.

Syd Field, author of the screenplay manual that inspired James Cameron and Judd Apatow to make movies, died Nov. 17 at his home in Beverly Hills, Calif. He was 77. The cause was a blood disorder ...