Syd Field (1935-2013), the internationally renowned ""guru of screenwriting,"" was the author of eight bestselling books on the subject, including Screenplay, published in twenty-three languages and used in hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide and around the world. He was inducted into the Final Draft Hall of Fame in 2006 and was the first inductee into the Screenwriting Hall of Fame of the American Screenwriting Association. He was also a special consultant to the Film Preservation Project for the Getty Center.
Although cloaked in modesty, his illuminating, consistently entertaining memoir displays enough wit, intelligence and empathy to inspire a host of great films. - Publisher's Weekly; Syd Field is the pre-eminent analyser in the study of American screenplays. - James L. Brooks, scriptwriter of Terms of Endearment