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Peter Bradford Benchley (New York, 8 maggio 1940 – Princeton, 11 febbraio 2006) è stato un giornalista, scrittore, sceneggiatore e produttore televisivo statunitense. È conosciuto principalmente per il best seller Lo squalo , divenuto in breve un successo planetario: il romanzo ha venduto, al 2006, oltre 20 milioni di copie nel ...
Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter, and environmental activist. He is known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb.
- Peter Bradford Benchley, May 8, 1940, New York City, U.S.
- February 11, 2006 (aged 65), Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
- 1967–2006
Lo squalo è un romanzo scritto da Peter Benchley nel 1974. Il romanzo è uno dei più celebri best seller statunitensi: all'epoca della sua uscita rimase nella classifica dei libri più venduti per 44 settimane ed è stimato che abbia venduto oltre 20 milioni di copie.
- 1974
- 1974
- Jaws
- Peter Benchley
Writer, Adventurer, Conservationist. Peter was born in New York City in 1940. Over the next 65 years, he became one of the most widely-known and respected conservationists in the world. He used the acclaim from “Jaws” to alert the world to the growing danger to sharks, other sea creatures and the oceans themselves.
Peter Benchley. Grandson of famed humorist and actor Robert Benchley and the son of highly respected children's books author Nathaniel Benchley, novelist Peter Benchley's book were decidedly more dramatic in their content and style than his father's, and usually centered on the world's oceans as a backdrop to his vigorous plots.
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- New York City, New York, USA
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- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
The subsequent release of Jaws the movie in 1975 created the genre of summer blockbuster films, set director Steven Spielberg on his road to Hollywood immortality, and memorably changed the life of a young struggling novelist named Peter Benchley.
10 gen 2005 · Peter Benchley Biography. Written - January 10, 2005. Sharks have always played an important part in my life. I spent my young summers on Nantucket Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, and when, on calm days, I would go sailing or fishing – or even, sometimes, just swimming in the surf- the black dorsal fins of sharks could be ...
