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Peter Benchley
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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
Writing · 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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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940
- Active to
- 2006
Discography
- Jaws2009
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 68
- Total plays
- 1,073
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 85,110x
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,249x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,752x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,872x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,328x
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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
- 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
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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.