Question: Who directed a 1975 American thriller film based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel, that is part of an American natural horror film series whos subject of the saga is a great white shark ?

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Jaws (film): Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name.  In the story, a giant man-eating great white shark attacks beachgoers on Amity Island, a fictional New England summer resort town, prompting the local police chief to hunt it with the help of a marine biologist and a professional shark hunter.  The film stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, Robert Shaw as shark hunter Quint, Richard Dreyfuss as oceanographer Matt Hooper, Murray Hamilton as Larry Vaughn, the mayor of Amity Island, and Lorraine Gary as Brody's wife, Ellen.  The screenplay is credited to both Benchley, who wrote the first drafts, and actor-writer Carl Gottlieb, who rewrote the script during principal photography.

Creature (miniseries): Creature is a 1998 miniseries starring Craig T. Nelson, Kim Cattrall and Matthew Carey.  The movie is based on the 1994 novel "White Shark" (re-published as "Creature" in 1997 concurrent with the film) by "Jaws" author Peter Benchley.  The film is about an amphibious shark-like monster terrorizing an abandoned secret military base and the people who live on the island where it is located.

Shark: Mind of a Demon: Shark: Mind of a Demon With Fabien Cousteau was a 2006 documentary/reality television special.  The film was the result of an attempt by Fabien Cousteau to study the great white shark in its natural surroundings using a submarine shaped like a shark called "Troy".

White Shark (novel): White Shark is a 1994 novel by author Peter Benchley, famous for "Jaws", "The Island", "Beast" and "The Deep".  It is similar to "Jaws", but it does not feature a shark, despite what the title suggests.  To avoid confusion and to capitalize on the movie adaptation, the book was republished as "Creature" in 1997.

Jaws (franchise): Jaws is an American natural horror film series that started with a 1975 film that expanded into three sequels, a theme park ride, and other tie-in merchandise, based on a 1974 novel.  The main subject of the saga is a great white shark, and its attacks on people in specific areas of the United States.  The Brody family is featured in all of the films as the primary antithesis to the shark.  The original film was based on a novel written by Peter Benchley, which itself was inspired by the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916.  Benchley adapted his novel, along with help from Carl Gottlieb and Howard Sackler, into the 1975 film "Jaws", which was directed by Steven Spielberg.  Although Gottlieb went on to pen two of the three sequels, neither Benchley nor Spielberg returned to the film series in any capacity.

Zombie Shark: Zombie Shark is a docufiction program by Discovery Channel for the 2014 Shark Week.  The premise of the program is that sharks can be brought into a state of tonic immobility (a kind of trance) by flipping them on their back, and that this characteristic might explain how a supposed series of Great white shark killings occurred: the suggestion is that Orcas have developed that skill and are thus able to kill large numbers of sharks.  "Zombie Shark", indeed much of Discovery's 2014 programming, was panned by critics, with the "Houston Press" claiming that Discovery had jumped the shark.

Jaws 3-D: Jaws 3-D (also known as Jaws 3 or Jaws III) is a 1983 American thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson, and Louis Gossett, Jr. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" and the third installment in the "Jaws" franchise.  The film follows the Brody children from the previous films at SeaWorld, a Florida marine park with underwater tunnels and lagoons.  As the park prepares for opening, a young great white shark infiltrates the park from the sea, seemingly attacking and killing the park's employees.  Once the shark is captured, it becomes apparent that it was a second, much larger shark who also entered the park, that was the real culprit.

Day of the Animals: Day of the Animals is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler and based on a story written by Edward L. Montoro.  Premiering on May 13, 1977, the movie reunited stars Christopher George and Richard Jaeckel, director Girdler, and producer Montoro from the previous year's hit film "Grizzly".  Leslie Nielsen stars as the main human antagonist.

Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916: The Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 were a series of shark attacks along the coast of New Jersey, in the United States, between July 1 and July 12, 1916, in which four people were killed and one injured.  Since 1916, scholars have debated which shark species was responsible and the number of animals involved, with the great white shark and the bull shark most frequently cited.  The incidents occurred during a deadly summer heat wave and polio epidemic in the United States that drove thousands of people to the seaside resorts of the Jersey Shore.

Jaws (novel): Jaws is a 1974 novel by American writer Peter Benchley.  It tells the story of a great white shark that preys upon a small resort town and the voyage of three men trying to kill it.  The novel grows out of Benchley's interest in shark attacks after he learned about the exploits of shark fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964.  Doubleday commissioned him to write the novel in 1971, a period when Benchley struggled as a freelance journalist.

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Answer: Steven Spielberg