Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Known for Acting · 78 credits
- Born
- 1910-06-11
- Died
- 1997-06-25
- Place of birth
- Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France
- Also known as
- Jacques Cousteau · J.Y. 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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Known For
TV Shows (18)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Apostrophes
1975
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self / Self - Main Guest
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Vetenskapens värld
1971
as Self
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
1968
as Self - Host
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn
1986
as Self
En direct de...
1956
as self
Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube
1992
as Self
Movies (60)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009
as Self (archive footage)
The Silent World
1956
as Self
Becoming Cousteau
2021
as Self (archive footage)
30 Years of National Geographic Specials
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Cries from the Deep
1981
as Self
Voyage to the Edge of the World
1976
as Self
An Evening with John Denver
1975
as Self
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years
1985
as Self
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
1979
as Self
Titanic's Lost Sister
1996
as Self
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977
as Self
Lilliput in Antarctica
1990
as Self - Narrator
The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos
1971
as Self
The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau
1966
as Self
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
1982
as Self (uncredited)
Riders of the Wind
1986
as Self - Host
World Without Sun
1964
as Self (uncredited)
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
1979
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)
1995
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind
1985
as Self
My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
2011
as Self (archive footage)
La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse
1955
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)
1966
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca
1968
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River
1983
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins
1972
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
1978
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)
1985
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon
1983
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
1973
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships
1970
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord
1987
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks
1967
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle
1967
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle
1984
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters
1971
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire
1991
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns
1971
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978
as Self
Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia
1997
as Self
Savage World of the Coral Jungle
as Himself
The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea
1978
as Self
At a Depth of Eighteen Meters
1943
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile
1973
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea
1973
as Self
Shipwrecks
1946
as Self - Diver / Narrator
The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers
1983
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales
1969
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid
1969
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez
1990
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus
1972
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea
1981
as Self
Shipwrecked on a Great Lake
2014
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude
1980
as Self
Lost Relics of the Sea
1977
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament
1978
as Self
The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea
1991
as Self
About 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 1… With 78 credits spanning from 1943 to 2021, Jacques-Yves Cousteau has appeared in 60 films and 18 TV shows.
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- 30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995) — as Self (archive footage)
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