Wrote, played self, in video essay in short-form writers' series "Byline Showtime" for Showtime Networks Inc. Directed, photographed by John M. Heller; produced by Marc Wallace.
Became a conservationist and expressed regret over portraying sharks as
killing machines as he did in his first novel Jaws. The book sold
over twenty million copies and was made into the big-screen classic
जॉज़ (1975).