Director Steven Spielberg, kneeling with camera, during production of JAWS (1975). Standing, left to right: Tom Joyner (first assistant director), Bill Butler (director of photography), James Contner (first assistant camera), Michael Chapman (camera operator). Courtesy of Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Steven Spielberg Jaws

Join us in conversation with Senior Exhibitions Curator Jenny He and Curatorial Assistant Alexandra James Salichs as they discuss Jaws: The Exhibition, the newest and first-ever production of this scale dedicated to a single film at the Academy Museum.

Gallery Spotlight: Diving into Jaws: The Exhibition

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The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection

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Stories of Cinema 1

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