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Peter Benchley
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Peter Benchley was an American novelist, writer, and screenwriter born in New York City on 8 May 1940. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University. Benchley began his writing career in 1967 and wrote extensively in prose. His birth name was Peter Bradford Benchley. He wrote numerous works published as part of Reader's Digest Condensed Books and other collections throughout his career. Benchley wrote and published approximately 34 works as an author. He died in Princeton on 11 February 2006 from natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1940
- Works
- 34
Top works
- 深
- Best Sellers
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books
- Holt McDougal Literature--Grade 7
- McDougal Littell Literature
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known for
- Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story — Self2025
- The Shark Is Still Working — Self2009
- I Love the '70s2003
- Creature — Exec's Buddy1998
- In the Teeth of Jaws — Self1997
- The View — Self1997
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- The Making of 'Jaws' — Self1995
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle — Frank Crowninshield1994
- Expedition Earth — Self (Host)1990
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Key facts
- Born
- Peter Bradford Benchley , ( 1940-05-08 ) May 8, 1940, New York City, U.S.
- Died
- February 11, 2006 (2006-02-11) (aged 65), Princeton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Occupations
- Author screenwriter ocean activist
- Years active
- 1967–2006
- Spouse
- Winifred "Wendy" Wesson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1964 )
- Parent s
- Marjorie Bradford, Nathaniel Benchley
- Relatives
- Robert Benchley (grandfather), Nat Benchley (brother)
- Website
- peterbenchley .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.peterbenchley.com
- Image
- Jaws (1974) back cover featuring a portrait photograph of Peter Benchley by Alex Gotfryd, first edition.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1940-05-08
- date of death
- 2006-02-12
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
- name in native language
- Peter Bradford Benchley
- birth name
- Peter Bradford Benchley
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) 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.
Later in life, Benchley expressed regret for his writing about sharks, which he felt indulged already present fear and false belief about sharks, and he became an advocate for marine conservation. Contrary to widespread rumor, Benchley did not believe that his writings contributed to shark depopulation, nor is there evidence that Jaws or any of his works did so.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Benchley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.