Jeannot Szwarc, the French filmmaker best known as the director of the science fiction romantic drama "Somewhere in Time" (1980), "Jaws 2" (1978) and "Supergirl" (1984), died Thursday. He was 85.

The 1980 romance 'Somewhere in Time' starred Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve Jeannot Szwarc, the director known for 1978’s Jaws 2 and more, has died at the age of 85.

Jeannot Szwarc, the French-American director who helmed the movies Somewhere in Time, Jaws 2 and a host of Smallville episodes, has died. He was 87.