Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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.
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Movies (69)
Becoming Cousteau
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Shipwrecked on a Great Lake
2014 · Self
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Verne on Vacation
2011 · Thanks
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
1997 · Self, Director
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
1995 · Self, Director
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
1995 · Self (archive footage)
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
1991 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
1991 · Self
Lilliput in Antarctica
1990 · Self - Narrator, Executive Producer
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
1990 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
1987 · Self
Riders of the Wind
1986 · Self - Host
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
1985 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
1985 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
1984 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
1983 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
1983 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
1983 · Self
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
1982 · Self (uncredited), Director
Cries from the Deep
1981 · Self, Writer, Producer
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
1981 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
1980 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
1979 · Self, Executive Producer
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
1979 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament
1978 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
1978 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea
1978 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978 · Self, Director
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977 · Self, Executive Producer, Director
Lost Relics of the Sea
1977 · Self, Executive Producer
Voyage to the Edge of the World
1976 · Self, Director, Producer, Writer
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
1976 · Director
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975 · Self, Producer
An Evening with John Denver
1975 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
1973 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile
1973 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
1973 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus
1972 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins
1972 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters
1971 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns
1971 · Self, Director
The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos
1971 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships
1970 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid
1969 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales
1969 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca
1968 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks
1967 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle
1967 · Self
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)
1966 · Self
The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
1966 · Self
World Without Sun
1964 · Self (uncredited), Director
The Golden Fish
1959 · Producer
The Sunken Galley
1957 · Director, Writer
The Silent World
1956 · Self, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955 · Self, Producer
Station 307
1955 · Producer
Danger Under the Sea
1951 · Director
Diving Logs
1948 · Director
Paysages du silence
1947 · Director
Shipwrecks
1946 · Self - Diver / Narrator, Director, Producer
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters
1943 · Self, Director
Savage World of the Coral Jungle
· Himself
La Collection Cousteau N° 1 | Le Grand Requin Blanc | Les Requins Dormeurs Du Yucatan
· Producer
TV shows (20)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube
1992 · Self
Le monde est à vous
1987 · Self
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn
1986 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey
1979 · Producer, Director, Creator
Numéro un
1975 · Self
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Midi trente
1972 · Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self, Self - Main Guest
Vetenskapens värld
1971 · Self
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
1968 · Self - Host, Executive Producer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
En direct de...
1956 · self
Was bin ich?
1955 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self
Cousteau: Amazon
· Executive Producer