1935 - 2013
Sydney Alvin Field (December 19, 1935 – November 17, 2013) was an American author and speaker 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 238,562 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Syd Field is the 2,728th most popular writer (up from 2,861st in 2019), the 3,564th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,664th in 2019) and the 318th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Syd Field ranks 2,728 out of 5,755. Before him are Matthias Claudius, Ibn Manzur, Itzhak Katzenelson, Angela Carter, Venedikt Yerofeyev, and Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon. After him are Karel Havlíček Borovský, Richard Bandler, Pierre Benoit, Labīd, Samuel Smiles, and Anna Sewell.
1740 - 1815
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,722
1233 - 1312
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,723
1886 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,724
1940 - 1992
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,725
1938 - 1990
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,726
1674 - 1762
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,727
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,728
1821 - 1856
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,729
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,730
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,731
560 - 661
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,732
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,733
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,734
Among people born in 1935, Syd Field ranks 162. Before him are Lola Novaković, Ken Kercheval, Dudley Moore, Herb Alpert, Yakov Sinai, and Peter Boyle. After him are Martti Talvela, Judith Reisman, Lisa Gastoni, Milena Vukotic, Denise Perrier, and Jacques Poos. Among people deceased in 2013, Syd Field ranks 164. Before him are Elmore Leonard, Jim Kelly, Anatoly Onoprienko, Lau Kar-leung, Julie Harris, and Ronnie Biggs. After him are Armando Trovajoli, Halton Arp, Michael Ansara, Francis Hong Yong-ho, S. N. Goenka, and Eero Mäntyranta.
1935 - 2016
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 156
1935 - 2019
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 157
1935 - 2002
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 158
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 159
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 160
1935 - 2006
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 161
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 162
1935 - 1989
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 163
1935 - 2021
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 164
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 165
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 166
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 167
1935 - 2022
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 168
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 158
1946 - 2013
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 159
1959 - 2013
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 160
1934 - 2013
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 161
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 162
1929 - 2013
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 163
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 164
1917 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 165
1927 - 2013
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 166
1922 - 2013
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 167
1906 - 2013
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 168
1924 - 2013
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 169
1937 - 2013
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 170
Among people born in United States, Syd Field ranks 3,564 out of 18,182. Before him are Ahmad Jamal (1930), Christopher Meloni (1961), Marsha Hunt (1917), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Nicole Scherzinger (1978), and Billie Eilish (2001). After him are Gloria Leonard (1940), Luther Burbank (1849), Julie London (1926), Richard Bandler (1950), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), and R. Budd Dwyer (1939).
1930 - 2023
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,558
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,559
1917 - 2022
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,560
1874 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,561
1978 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 3,562
2001 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 3,563
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 3,564
1940 - 2014
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 3,565
1849 - 1926
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 3,566
1926 - 2000
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 3,567
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 3,568
1936 - 2017
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 3,569
1939 - 1987
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 3,570
Among writers born in United States, Syd Field ranks 318. Before him are Erica Jong (1942), Edward Gorey (1925), Edward Bellamy (1850), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), and Brian Herbert (1947). After him are Richard Bandler (1950), Hal Clement (1922), Joyce Meyer (1943), Jeff Lindsay (1952), Paul Gallico (1897), and L. Sprague de Camp (1907).
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 312
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 313
1850 - 1898
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 314
1915 - 1987
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 315
1831 - 1905
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 316
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 317
1935 - 2013
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 318
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 319
1922 - 2003
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 320
1943 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 321
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 322
1897 - 1976
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 323
1907 - 2000
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 324