Trouble: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea (2001) Shark!: True Stories and Lessons from the Deep (2002) Shark Life: True Stories About Sharks and the Sea (with Karen Wojtyla) (2005) Film Jaws, 1975 film adaptation; actor: Interviewer. The Deep, 1977 film adaptation; actor: Mate (uncredited) Jaws 2, based on characters from Jaws The Island, 1980 film adaptation Jaws 3-D (a.k.a. Jaws 3), based on characters from Jaws Jaws: The Revenge, a fourth film based on characters from Jaws Dolphin Cove, 1989 TV series The Beast, 1996 television film adaptation Creature, 1998 television film adaptation Amazon, 1999 TV series Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, 1994; actor: Frank Crowninshield See also Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 Publishers Weekly lists of bestselling novels in the United States References External links Peter Benchley at the Shark Research Institute The Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Awards Shark Alliance Peter Benchley: Rapture of The Deep Peter Benchley: Shark Conservationist (LA Times) 1940 births 2006 deaths American nature writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Harvard University alumni Jaws (franchise) Writers from New York City United States Marine Corps reservists People from Pennington, New Jersey People from Stonington, Connecticut Phillips Exeter Academy alumni American male screenwriters American male novelists Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis Novelists from New York (state) 20th-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers Screenwriters from New York (state) Screenwriters from New Jersey Screenwriters from Connecticut 20th-century American screenwriters Maritime writers