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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Born: 1910-06-11 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France

Died: 1997-06-25

Known For: Acting

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

Filmography

2021

Becoming Cousteau as Self (archive footage)

2014

Shipwrecked on a Great Lake as Self

2011

Verne on Vacation ... (Thanks)
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau as Self (archive footage)

2009

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self (archive footage)

1997

Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia as Self

1996

Titanic's Lost Sister as Self

1995

30 Years of National Geographic Specials as Self (archive footage)
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) as Self

1992

Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube as Self

1991

1990

Lilliput in Antarctica as Self - Narrator
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez as Self

1987

Le monde est à vous as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord as Self

1986

Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn as Self
Riders of the Wind as Self - Host

1985

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind as Self

1984

The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle as Self

1983

1982

Champs-Elysées as Self
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea as Self (uncredited)

1981

Cries from the Deep as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea as Self

1980

The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude as Self

1979

The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey ... (Producer)
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 as Self
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 as Self

1978

The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea as Self

1977

Calypso's Search for the Britannic as Self
Lost Relics of the Sea as Self

1976

Voyage to the Edge of the World as Self
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World ... (Director)

1975

Apostrophes as Self
Midi Première as Self
Numéro un as Self
An Evening with John Denver as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan as Self

1974

The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin as Self

1973

The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea as Self

1972

Le Grand Échiquier as Self
Midi trente as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins as Self

1971

Samedi soir as Self
Vetenskapens värld as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns as Self

1970

The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships as Self

1969

The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales as Self

1968

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau as Self - Host
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca as Self

1967

The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle as Self

1966

The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III) as Self

1964

World Without Sun as Self (uncredited)

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
The Merv Griffin Show as Self

1959

The Golden Fish ... (Producer)

1957

The Sunken Galley ... (Director)

1956

The Silent World as Self
En direct de... as self

1955

Was bin ich? as Self
La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse as Self
Station 307 ... (Producer)

1951

Danger Under the Sea ... (Director)

1948

Bambi as Self
Diving Logs ... (Director)

1947

Paysages du silence ... (Director)

1946

Shipwrecks as Self - Diver / Narrator

1943

At a Depth of Eighteen Meters as Self