Peter Benchley

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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-05-08

Deathday

2006-02-11 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Benchley

Biography

Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 12, 2006) was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley (with Carl Gottlieb) and directed by Steven Spielberg. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark.

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Creator

1999
Amazon as Creator
1998
Creature as Creator

Production

1999
Amazon as Executive Producer

Writing

1998
Creature as Novel
1996
The Beast as Novel
1995
Cruel Jaws as Story
1989
Dolphin Cove as Writer
1987
Jaws: The Revenge as Characters
1983
Jaws 3-D as Characters
1980
The Island as Screenplay
1980
The Island as Novel
1978
Jaws 2 as Screenplay
1978
Jaws 2 as Characters
1978
Hunters of the Reef as Characters
1977
The Deep as Novel
1977
The Deep as Screenplay
1976
The Great Houdinis as Writer
1975
Jaws as Screenplay
1975
Jaws as Novel
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Peter Benchley