Ronald J. Fields is a critically acclaimed screenwriter, playwright and best-selling author as well as a primetime television writer.  His many accomplishments include a national Emmy for Best Documentary based on his grandfather’s life called, W.C. Fields Straight Up; written by Mr. Fields and co-produced by Ronald and Whyaduck Productions.

Ron has written three books including W.C. Fields: By Himself, which was on the NY Times bestseller list for 10 weeks, and has contributed chapters in four other books including two inspirational pieces in the Wake Up…Live the Life You Love series of books. 

Furthermore, his writing credits include two off-Broadway plays, staff writer for Marblehead Manor (an NBC Primetime sit-com), a Night Court script, Head Writer for American Movie Classics, and comic strip writer for the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. 

He wrote, co-wrote, and/or Executive Produced seven films including Prey of the Chameleon. He has made over 300 television and radio appearances including Late Night with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, CBS Morning News, A&E Biography and the American Movie Classics. 

Ron has guest lectured at over 250 Colleges, Universities and institutions including the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress, and The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.  Ron is a member of the Writers’ Guild of America.  In 2004 he was contracted as a script re-writer for Come Away Home a FilmCrest Pictures production released as a feature film in 2005.

Also for FilmCrest, Fields re-wrote the script for Night Train: The Sonny Liston Story and will receive full writing credit.  Presently, Mr. Fields has teamed up with Oscar nominated director, Eugene S. Fowler (the grandson of W.C. Fields’ best friend and Pulitzer Prize winning author Gene Fowler) to form Sweet Prince Entertainment. 

They are in negotiations for a number of feature film deals with major stars and entertainment luminaries. Sweet Prince has begun initial pre-production on a number of Mr. Fields’ original scripts including the comedy A.T.M., the psychological thriller ANY MEANS NECESSARY, and the action/adventure THE PETALS OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.

Moreover, Sweet Prince Entertainment has entered into negotiations with several independent filmmakers to produce, re-write, and/or Executive Produce quite a number of independent films and television shows.   Ronald is married with two young children.