Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Acting
1910-06-11 · Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France
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(79)
movieBecoming Cousteau
as Self (archive footage) · 2021 · 7.0
movieShipwrecked on a Great Lake
as Self · 2014 · 6.0
movieMy Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
as Self (archive footage) · 2011 · 0.0
movieSquare Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
as Self (archive footage) · 2009 · 10.0
movieLake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
as Self · 1997 · 6.0
movieTitanic's Lost Sister
as Self · 1996 · 8.5
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
as Self · 1995 · 6.5
movie30 Years of National Geographic Specials
as Self (archive footage) · 1995 · 8.0
tvJacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube
as Self · 1992 · 0.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
as Self · 1991 · 6.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
as Self · 1991 · 6.0
movieLilliput in Antarctica
as Self - Narrator · 1990 · 0.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
as Self · 1990 · 5.8
tvLe monde est à vous
as Self · 1987 · 0.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
as Self · 1987 · 5.5
tvJacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn
as Self · 1986 · 6.0
movieRiders of the Wind
as Self - Host · 1986 · 0.0
movieJacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
as Self · 1985 · 9.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
as Self · 1985 · 6.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
as Self · 1985 · 8.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
as Self · 1984 · 5.5
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
as Self · 1983 · 5.0
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
as Self · 1983 · 6.5
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
as Self · 1983 · 5.0