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Syd Field, whose books on screenwriting became set texts for many aspiring film writers, has died at the age of 77

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Syd Field, whose books on screenwriting became set texts for many aspiring film writers, has died at the age of 77

by The Daily Eye Team November 20 2013, 5:54 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 20 secs

Famous for outlining the “three act” structure used by many screenplays, the author and lecturer died of haemolytic anaemia at his Beverly Hills home.

Field was the author of eight best-selling books on screenwriting, beginning with Screenplay in 1979.

He had been due to take part in a “screenwriter’s summit” in London last weekend but was too ill to attend. Read here



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