High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Jaws 2 is a 1978 thriller film and the first sequel to Steven Spielberg`s Jaws (1975), which is based on Peter Benchley`s novel of the same name. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, it stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, who must deal with another great white shark terrorizing the waters of Amity Island, a fictional seaside resort.