Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Born
11 June 1910 (115)
Place of Birth
Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France
Also known as
Jacques Cousteau, J.Y. Cousteau
Biography
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, scientist, inventor, filmmaker, photographer, innovator, conservationist, author, and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, ("SCUBA"), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries. He also pioneered marine conservation and was a...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, AC (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, scientist, inventor, filmmaker, photographer, innovator, conservationist, author, and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, ("SCUBA"), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries. He also pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française. From 1966 to 1976, he hosted The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, a documentary television series, presented on American commercial television stations. A second documentary series, The Cousteau Odyssey, ran from 1977 to 1982 on public television stations. In his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, he surmised the existence of the echolocation abilities of porpoises. The book was adapted into an underwater documentary called The Silent World. Co-directed by Cousteau and Louis Malle, it was one of the first films to use underwater cinematography to document the ocean depths in color. The film won the 1956 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and remained the only documentary to do so until 2004 (when Fahrenheit 9/11 received the award). It was also awarded the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1957. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography (40)
Becoming Cousteau
2021
Shipwrecked on a Great Lake
2014
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
2011
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
1997
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
1995
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
1995
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
1991
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
1991
Lilliput in Antarctica
1990
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
1990
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
1987
Riders of the Wind
1986
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
1985
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
1985
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
1984
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
1983
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
1983
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
1983
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
1982
Cries from the Deep
1981
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
1981
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
1980
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
1979
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
1979
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977
Lost Relics of the Sea
1977
Voyage to the Edge of the World
1976
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
1976
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The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975
An Evening with John Denver
1975
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
1973