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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Merv Griffin Show

Apostrophes

Champs-Elysées

The Dick Cavett Show

Bambi

Midi Première

Le monde est à vous

All Movies (60)

• Becoming Cousteau2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Shipwrecked on a Great Lake2014 · as Self
• My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia1997 · as Self
• Titanic's Lost Sister1996 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)1995 · as Self
• 30 Years of National Geographic Specials1995 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea1991 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire1991 · as Self
• Lilliput in Antarctica1990 · as Self - Narrator
• The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez1990 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord1987 · as Self
• Riders of the Wind1986 · as Self - Host
• Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years1985 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)1985 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind1985 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle1984 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River1983 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers1983 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon1983 · as Self
• St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea1982 · as Self (uncredited)
• Cries from the Deep1981 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea1981 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude1980 · as Self
• The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 21979 · as Self
• The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 11979 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament1978 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)1978 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea1978 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)1978 · as Self
• Calypso's Search for the Britannic1977 · as Self
• Lost Relics of the Sea1977 · as Self
• Voyage to the Edge of the World1976 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan1975 · as Self
• An Evening with John Denver1975 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice1974 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin1974 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea1973 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile1973 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo1973 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus1972 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins1972 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters1971 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns1971 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos1971 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships1970 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid1969 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales1969 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca1968 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks1967 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle1967 · as Self
• The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)1966 · as Self
• The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau1966 · as Self
• World Without Sun1964 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Silent World1956 · as Self
• La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse1955 · as Self
• Shipwrecks1946 · as Self - Diver / Narrator
• At a Depth of Eighteen Meters1943 · as Self
• Savage World of the Coral Jungle— · as Himself

All TV Shows (19)

• Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube1992 · as Self
• Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self
• Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn1986 · as Self
• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Numéro un1975 · as Self
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Midi Première1975 · as Self
• Midi trente1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self - Main Guest
• Vetenskapens värld1971 · as Self
• Samedi soir1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau1968 · as Self - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• En direct de...1956 · as self
• Was bin ich?1955 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self