Joe Alves was assigned to JAWS before Steven Speilburg and went on to direct Jaws 3. He also worked on Close Encounters of the Third Kind. His contributions to Jaws is sigficant as he was also the second unit director on Jaws 2 and filmed the helicopter attack scene. He also worked with Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger and an endless list of big name celebrities over the years.