WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Syd Field has received more than 252,642 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Syd Field is the 4,022nd most popular writer (down from 2,718th in 2019), the 5,255th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,554th in 2019) and the 429th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Syd Field ranks 4,022 out of 7,302. Before him are Diego Durán, Otto Ludwig, Ricardo Palma, Lajos Bíró, Ludvík Vaculík, and Eno Raud. After him are Boualem Sansal, Elbert Hubbard, Dagmar Lange, José Cadalso, Murray Leinster, and Anita Brookner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Syd Field ranks 263. Before him are Bruno Rodzik, Alexander Men, Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Sarah Kirsch, Kenneth Mars, and Mario Bellini. After him are Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Johnny Pacheco, Sergei Yursky, Simon Leys, Dragan Tomić, and Aulis Sallinen. Among people deceased in 2013, Syd Field ranks 260. Before him are Olga Gyarmati, Kumar Pallana, Sarah Kirsch, Zhuang Zedong, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Israel Gutman. After him are David Frost, Nadir Afonso, Dezső Gyarmati, Vladimir Yengibaryan, Alla Kushnir, and Roman Vlad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Syd Field ranks 5,255 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Kramer (1921), Mark Rolston (1956), Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Ann Dowd (1956), Gordon Douglas (1907), and Pat McCormick (1930). After him are Zachary Quinto (1977), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Jessica Drake (1974), Jean Hagen (1923), Hal Roach (1892), and Eric Johnson (1954).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Syd Field ranks 429. Before him are Pauline Kael (1919), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Ralph Ellison (1914), Tad Williams (1957), Melissa Mathison (1950), and Lloyd Alexander (1924). After him are Elbert Hubbard (1856), Murray Leinster (1896), Russell Banks (1940), V. C. Andrews (1923), Bret Harte (1836), and James Redfield (1950).

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