Joseph Manuel Alves (born May 21, 1936) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the first three films of the Jaws franchise.

He directed the third installment Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The Sugarland Express.

After the sharks were completed, they were trucked to the shooting location, but unfortunately they had not been tested in water causing a series of delays that have become quite legendary over time.

[2] Alves worked on Jaws 2 (1978) in the capacity of both production designer and as second unit director.

The film received generally weak critical reception, with Variety criticising Alves for failing "to linger long enough on the Great White.