Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 11, 1910
Died
Jun 25, 1997
Place of Birth
Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France
Credits
90 titles
Jacques-Yves 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 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
Known For
Filmography
Becoming Cousteau
Self (archive footage)
Shipwrecked on a Great Lake
Self
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Self (archive footage)
Verne on Vacation
Thanks
Epic Rap Battles of History
Characters
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self (archive footage)
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
Self
Titanic's Lost Sister
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
Self
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
Self
Lilliput in Antarctica
Self - Narrator
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
Self
Le monde est à vous
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
Self
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn
Self
Riders of the Wind
Self - Host
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
Self
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
Self (uncredited)
Champs-Elysées
Self
Cries from the Deep
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
Self
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
Self
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey
Producer
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
Self
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
Self
Lost Relics of the Sea
Self
Voyage to the Edge of the World
Self
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
Director
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
Self
Numéro un
Self
An Evening with John Denver
Self
Apostrophes
Self
Midi Première
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
Self
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
Self