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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all 86
self 76
Movies 68
TV Shows 18
Director 5
Producer 2
Becoming Cousteau (2021)
Antarctica: Ice & Sky (2015)
Louis Malle, le rebelle (2015)
John Denver: Country Boy (2013)
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau (2011)
Verne on Vacation (2011)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia (1997)
Titanic's Lost Sister (1996)
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) (1995)
30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube (1992)
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan (1991)
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea (1991)
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire (1991)
Lilliput in Antarctica (1990)
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez (1990)
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord (1987)
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn (1986)
Riders of the Wind (1986)
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years (1985)
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) (1985)
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind (1985)
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle (1984)
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River (1983)
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon (1983)
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers (1983)
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea (1982)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
Cries from the Deep (1981)
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea (1981)
Clipperton: The Island Time Forgot (1981)
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude (1980)
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 (1979)
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey (1979)
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 (1979)
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament (1978)
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°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) (1978)
Calypso's Search for the Britannic (1977)
Lost Relics of the Sea (1977)
Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976)
Numéro un (1975)
Apostrophes (1975)
Midi Première (1975)
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice (1974)
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin (1974)
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea (1973)
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo (1973)
The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile (1973)
The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus (1972)
The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins (1972)
Midi trente (1972)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
Vetenskapens värld (1971)
The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters (1971)
The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns (1971)
The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos (1971)
Samedi soir (1971)
The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships (1970)
The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid (1969)
The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca (1968)
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (1968)
The World About Us (1967)
The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle (1967)
The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks (1967)
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III) (1966)
The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1966)
World Without Sun (1964)
The Golden Fish (1959)
The Sunken Galley (1957)
En direct de... (1956)
The Silent World (1956)
Was bin ich? (1955)
La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (1955)
Station 307 (1955)
Danger Under the Sea (1951)
Diving Logs (1948)
Bambi Awards (1948)
Paysages du silence (1947)
Shipwrecks (1946)
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters (1943)
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GenderMale
Birthday1910-06-11
Deathday1997-06-25 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint-André-de-Cubzac, France
RelationshipsSimone Melchior Cousteau (1937-07-12 - 1990-12-02), Francine Cousteau (1991-06-28 - 1997-06-25)
ChildrenDiane Cousteau, Pierre-Yves Cousteau, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau
FatherDaniel Cousteau
MotherElizabeth Cousteau
SiblingsPierre-Antoine Cousteau
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsJacques Cousteau, J.Y. Cousteau
AwardsBenjamin Franklin Medal, Academy Fellowship Award, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Catalonia International Prize, Genesis Award, Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary doctorate of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Founder’s Medal, Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès, Officer of the Order of Maritime Merit, Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, honorary doctor of Brandeis University, Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Sierra Club John Muir Award, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Howard N. Potts Medal, National Inventors Hall of Fame, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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