Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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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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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Known For
65 titles
Shipwrecks
World Without Sun
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters
Cries from the Deep
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
An Evening with John Denver
Shipwrecked on a Great Lake
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea
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