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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Actor · Born 1910-06-11 · Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France

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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'O…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  2. The Silent World (1956) — Self
  3. Becoming Cousteau (2021) — Self (archive footage)
  4. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  5. The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1968) — Self - Host
  6. World Without Sun (1964) — Self (uncredited)
  7. Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976) — Self
  8. Vetenskapens värld (1971) — Self
  9. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  10. Champs-Elysées (1982) — Self
  11. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
  12. 30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995) — Self (archive footage)
  13. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self
  14. Was bin ich? (1955) — Self
  15. Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009) — Self (archive footage)
  16. The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez (1990) — Self
  17. The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins (1972) — Self
  18. The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales (1969) — Self
  19. The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) (1985) — Self
  20. The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca (1968) — Self
  21. Titanic's Lost Sister (1996) — Self
  22. Numéro un (1975) — Self
  23. Midi Première (1975) — Self
  24. Cries from the Deep (1981) — Self
  25. The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 (1979) — Self
  26. The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo (1973) — Self
  27. The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea (1978) — Self
  28. The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice (1974) — Self
  29. The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile (1973) — Self
  30. The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos (1971) — Self
  31. The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid (1969) — Self
  32. The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) (1978) — Self
  33. The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin (1974) — Self
  34. The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus (1972) — Self
  35. The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) (1978) — Self
  36. The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships (1970) — Self
  37. The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River (1983) — Self
  38. The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord (1987) — Self
  39. The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon (1983) — Self
  40. The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers (1983) — Self

Directed

  1. The Silent World (1956) — Director
  2. World Without Sun (1964) — Director
  3. Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976) — Director
  4. The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey (1979) — Director
  5. The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) (1985) — Director
  6. Paysages du silence (1947) — Director
  7. Danger Under the Sea (1951) — Director
  8. The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin (1974) — Director
  9. The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice (1974) — Director
  10. The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) (1978) — Director
  11. The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) (1978) — Director
  12. The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo (1973) — Director
  13. The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle (1984) — Director
  14. The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude (1980) — Director
  15. The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) (1995) — Director
  16. The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns (1971) — Director
  17. Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia (1997) — Director
  18. The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea (1991) — Director
  19. The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea (1981) — Director
  20. St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea (1982) — Director
  21. Shipwrecks (1946) — Director
  22. At a Depth of Eighteen Meters (1943) — Director
  23. The Sunken Galley (1957) — Director
  24. Diving Logs (1948) — Director
  25. Calypso's Search for the Britannic (1977) — Director
  26. Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World (1976) — Director