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.
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Acting (47 movies)
World Without Sun
1964
Voyage to the Edge of the World
1976
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977
Cries from the Deep
1981
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
1995
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile
1973
The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid
1969
The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos
1971
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus
1972
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°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
1990
The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins
1972
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
1973
The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales
1969
The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships
1970
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
1987
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
1983
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
1983
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
1983
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
1991
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°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
1985
The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters
1971
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)
1966
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
1973
The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks
1967
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca
1968
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
1981
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
1997
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
1980
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
1995
The Silent World
1956
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
1982
Shipwrecks
1946
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
2011
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters
1943
Becoming Cousteau
2021
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985
Directing (25 movies)
The Silent World
1956
World Without Sun
1964
Voyage to the Edge of the World
1976
Paysages du silence
1947
The Sunken Galley
1957
Danger Under the Sea
1951
Diving Logs
1948
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
1978
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
1973
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
1985
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
1980
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
1984
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
1995
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
1981
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
1991
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
1997
The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns
1971
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
1982
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977
Shipwrecks
1946
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters
1943
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
1976
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Shipwrecks | 1946 | Producer |
| La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse | 1955 | Producer |
| Station 307 | 1955 | Producer |
| The Silent World | 1956 | Writer |
| The Sunken Galley | 1957 | Writer |
| The Golden Fish | 1959 | Producer |
| The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan | 1975 | Producer |
| Voyage to the Edge of the World | 1976 | Producer |
| Voyage to the Edge of the World | 1976 | Writer |
| Lost Relics of the Sea | 1977 | Executive Producer |
| Calypso's Search for the Britannic | 1977 | Executive Producer |
| The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 | 1979 | Executive Producer |
| Cries from the Deep | 1981 | Writer |
| Cries from the Deep | 1981 | Producer |
| Lilliput in Antarctica | 1990 | Executive Producer |