Sally Field's 3 Kids Are in Show Business: Meet the Actress' Sons

Sally Field is a woman of many talents, but perhaps her greatest role of all is being a mom.

The Oscar-winning actress has three kids: Peter Craig, Eli Craig and Sam Greisman. She welcomed her two eldest sons, Peter and Eli, during her marriage to her first husband, Steven Craig, which lasted from 1968 to 1975.

Field’s youngest son, Sam, arrived during her marriage to her second husband, Alan Greisman, whom she was married to from 1984 to 1994.

She reflected on how becoming a mother in her 20s was “an opportunity to almost re-parent” herself during a March 2024 episode of the “Wiser Than Me With Julia Louis-Dreyfus” podcast.

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“Certainly as time went on, I was mothering myself,” Field added. “But I was so young. I was just 23 [becoming a mother].”

Keep scrolling to learn more about her kids:

Peter Craig

Peter Craig, Sally Field and Eli Craig Robin L Marshall/Getty Images

Peter was born on November 10, 1969. Field was 23 years old at the time. Like his mom, Peter was bitten by the show business bug, but he has preferred to stay behind the camera as a screenwriter.

Some of his writing credits include working on 2010’s The Town, 2014’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, 2015’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, 2016’s Blood Father and 2020’s Bad Boys for Life.

More recently, Peter wrote 2022’s The Batman, 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, 2024’s Gladiator II and eight episodes of 2025’s Dope Thief.

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Field is nothing but delighted by everything her kids have accomplished over the years.

“The three things I’m most proud of in my life are my sons,” she told Closer Weekly in February 2020. “They are kind, loving, productive people. Each with their own list of talents and accomplishments.”

Peter shares two daughters with his first wife, Amy Scattergood, and one son with his second wife, Jennifer DeFrancisco. He married his third wife, Cristina Esposito, in 2023.

Peter is also a novelist, having penned the books Blood Father, Hot Plastic and The Martini Shot.

Eli Craig

Sally Field with Eli Craig Scott Gries/ImageDirect

Eli, Field’s second son with Steven, was born on May 25, 1972. Like his older brother, Eli is a screenwriter, along with being a director and actor. He directed 2013’s Zombieland and 2025’s Clown in a Cornfield.

He married wife Sasha Williams in 2004. She is known for playing the Yellow Power Ranger. They have two sons named Noah and Colin.

Sam Greisman

Sally Field and Samuel Greisman Bruce Glikas/Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic

Field’s gave birth to her youngest son, Sam, on December 2, 1987. He is a writer, producer and director with credits from multiple short films.

He opened up about his strong bond with his mother and how she is always by his side when he needs her.

“I’ve always been a momma’s boy — painfully, occasionally ashamedly so,” he told People in February 2023. “Perhaps too obsessed with her. Maybe it’s because I’m the youngest, by 16 years. Maybe it’s because I was a shy little kid and my mom was a safe space; a hip I was attached to.”

Sam continued: “Maybe it’s because gay men feel a certain undeniable affection for award-winning actresses. Who knows! Whatever it is, we have always been incredibly close.”

He also shared some of the most valuable lessons Field taught him throughout her Hollywood career.

“She has taught me that life, like art, is about picking yourself up and dusting yourself off, like she has done countless times,” Sam reflected. “And luckily for me, I know that when I fall she will be there to pick me up. Even when she’s not there.”