Field was born in
London, England. His father was the owner and managing director of Siegmund Robinow & Son Ltd., a company in London and
Hamburg, which at that time manufactured exclusive garments. After attending Stagenhoe Park near
Hitchin from 1953–1958; he attended
The King's School, Canterbury, from 1958–1960; then
Aiglon College in Switzerland from 1960–1963. Field attended the
California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts) in
Oakland, California, early in 1965, to major in
industrial design and graduated with a
bachelor's degree. Field also completed courses in film and television at
San Francisco State University. In 1969, he filmed the California College of the Arts at the request of Harry X. Ford, the president of the college, in 16mm (titled
To Be An Artist), which included poet
Michael McClure, an English professor at CCAC at the time. The film, which was financed by the college, was later shown on television. Field, who was also an aviation enthusiast who had received a
private pilot license with a multi-engine rating in California, then moved to Munich to work on the newly formed
Airbus project, contributing to the interior design of the aircraft. While in Munich, Field developed drill units to try to reduce the risk of
cross-contamination for the dental industry ( and other patents). Field is currently marketing his professional 35mm film camera invention for cinema and television. The camera uses
unperforated 35-mm film (which allows much wider exposed
images), (). The camera could be used with Field's camera light screening unit (
matte box), which has been manufactured for many years by the Chrosziel Filmtechnik company in Germany (). == Foldaxe ==