Jaws 3-D (also known as Jaws 3 or Jaws III or Jaws 3D) is a 1983 American thriller horror 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, which was based on the novel by Peter Benchley and is the third installment in the Jaws franchise.