Peter Benchley
American author (1940-2006) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 65
Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and television, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.
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David Brown Produced Jaws, Jaws 2 and The Island
Richard D. Zanuck Produced Jaws, Jaws 2 and The Island
Steven Spielberg Directed Jaws (1975)
Robert Altman Produced Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1995)
Ruth Gordon Peter wrote The Great Houdini (1976)
Robert Shaw Peter wrote Jaws (1976), also in The Deep (1977)
Maureen O'Sullivan Peter wrote The Great Houdini (1976)
Craig T. Nelson Peter produced Creature (1998)
William Petersen Peter produced The Beast (1996)
Peter Yates Directed The Deep (1977)
Paul Michael Glaser Peter wrote The Great Houdini (1976)
Jeannot Szwarc Directed Jaws 2 (1978)
Lorraine Gary Peter wrote Jaws (1976), also in Jaws 2 (1978)
Vivian Vance Peter wrote The Great Houdini (1976)
Murray Hamilton Also in Jaws and Jaws 2
Alan Rudolph Directed Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1995)
Melville Shavelson Directed The Great Houdinis (1976)
Michael Ritchie Directed The Island (1980)
Bruno Mattei Directed Cruel Jaws (1995)
Carl Gottlieb Also in Jaws and Jaws 2
David B. Norman Directed Cruel Jaws (1995)
Jeffrey Kramer Peter wrote Jaws (1976), also in Jaws 2 (1978)
Jack Carter Peter wrote The Great Houdini (1976)
Peter Guber Produced The Deep (1977)
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