An American director and production designer, born in San Leandro, California, USA. He is famous for his participation in the first three parts of the Jaws films, starting with the first part in 1975, as he designed the shark. He also directed and designed the sharks in the movie Jaws 3-D. He was nominated for an Academy Award and won a BAFTA Film Award for Best Art Direction in 1979 for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).