History Creator / PeterBenchley

* ''The Deep''
* ''The Island''

* RuthlessModernPirates: The villains of ''The Island''.

Peter Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, whose work focussed on marine creatures and human interaction with them, often with a dose of horror on the side. He is best known for being the author of the novel that ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' was based on, though he also wrote several other books.

Later in life, Benchley became a conservationalist, and attempted to educate people about sea life, and the impact they were having on it. He especially tried to get sharks protected (great whites are now protected in California and South Africa, two of their main strongholds) to undo the damage caused by ''Jaws''. He died in 2006 of pulminary fibrosis.

* ''Literature/{{Jaws}}'': His first and best known novel, dealing with a great white shark menacing a Long Island town.

* ''The Girl Of The Sea Of Cortez'': His best reviewed novel, dealing with a man's complex relation with the sea.

* The film adapatation of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''
* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheDeep''
* ''Film/TheBeast'', the film adaptation of ''Beast''
* ''Literature/PeterBenchleysCreature'' (aka ''White Shark'')
* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheIsland1980''

* TheAtoner and CreatorBacklash: Benchley came to regret the panic that books like ''Jaws'' created, stating later in life that if he were to write the book for a modern audience, the shark would be a TragicVillain and not the UltimateEvil. He spent the rest of his life trying to make up for it by becoming an activist for ocean conservation.

* ''Literature/{{Beast}}'' and its film adaptation ''Film/TheBeast''.

* The film adaptation of ''Film/TheIsland1980'' (Benchley also wrote the screenplay)

Peter Benchley (May 8, 1940 - February 11, 2006) was an American author, whose work focussed on marine creatures and human interaction with them, often with a dose of horror on the side. He is best known for being the author of the novel that ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' was based on, though he also wrote several other books.

* ''Beast'': A giant squid menaces the Bermuda coastline.

* SpySpeak: In Peter Benchley's ''Q Clearance'', a Soviet spy in Washington DC is supposed to receive a package from an courier. He and his handler try to come up with the appropriate SpySpeak to prove his ''bona fides''. The spy considers the handler's dialog suggestion impossibly polite for the urban neighborhood:

* RuthlessModernPirates: ''The Island''

* PirateBooty: ''The Deep'' has divers discovering a WW2 ship containing a cargo of morphine, which has sunk on top of a Spanish treasure ship that went down in the 18th century holding a priceless royal dowry. When a local drug kingpin takes an interest, the protagonists have to buy him off by salvaging the morphine while concealing what their real area of interest is.

* ''Jaws'': His first and best known novel, dealing with a great white shark menacing a Long Island town.

Later in life, Benchley became a conservationalist, and attempted to educate people about sea life, and the impact they were having on it. He especially tried to get sharks protected (great whites are now protected in California and South Africa, two of their main strongholds) to undo the damage caused by Jaws. He died in 2006 of pulminary fibrosis.

* ''PeterBenchleysCreature'' (aka ''White Shark'')

Later in life, Benchley became a conservationalist, and attempted to educate people about sea life, and the impact they were having on it. He especially tried to get sharks protected (great whites are now protected in California and South Africa, two of their main strongholds) to undue the damage caused by Jaws. He died in 2006 of pulminary fibrosis.

Later in life, Benchley became a conservationalist, and attempted to educate people about sea life, and the impact they were having on it. He died in 2006 of pulminary fibrosis.