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

Filmography

• 2011Verne on Vacation — Thanks
• 1997Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia — Self, Director
• 1995The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) — Self, Director
• 1991The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea — Self, Director
• 1990Lilliput in Antarctica — Self - Narrator, Executive Producer
• 1985The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1) — Self, Director
• 1984The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle — Self, Director
• 1982St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea — Self (uncredited), Director
• 1981Cries from the Deep — Self, Writer, Producer
• 1981The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea — Self, Director
• 1980The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude — Self, Director
• 1979The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2 — Self, Executive Producer
• The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey — Producer, Director, Creator
• 1978The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) — Self, Director
• 1978The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2) — Self, Director
• 1977Calypso's Search for the Britannic — Self, Executive Producer, Director
• 1977Lost Relics of the Sea — Self, Executive Producer
• 1976Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World — Director
• 1976Voyage to the Edge of the World — Self, Director, Producer, Writer
• 1975The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan — Self, Producer
• 1974The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin — Self, Director
• 1974The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice — Self, Director
• 1973The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo — Self, Director
• 1971The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns — Self, Director
• The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 1964World Without Sun — Self (uncredited), Director
• 1959The Golden Fish — Producer
• 1957The Sunken Galley — Director, Writer
• 1956The Silent World — Self, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
• 1955La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse — Self, Producer
• 1955Station 307 — Producer
• 1951Danger Under the Sea — Director
• 1948Diving Logs — Director
• 1947Paysages du silence — Director
• 1946Shipwrecks — Self - Diver / Narrator, Director, Producer
• 1943At a Depth of Eighteen Meters — Self, Director
• Cousteau: Amazon — Executive Producer
• La Collection Cousteau N° 1 | Le Grand Requin Blanc | Les Requins Dormeurs Du Yucatan — Producer

Appearances as themselves (51)

• 2021Becoming Cousteau — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Shipwrecked on a Great Lake — Self
• 2011My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau — Self (archive footage)
• 2009Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Titanic's Lost Sister — Self
• 199530 Years of National Geographic Specials — Self (archive footage)
• Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube — Self
• 1991The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire — Self
• 1990The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• 1987The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord — Self
• Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn — Self
• 1986Riders of the Wind — Self - Host
• 1985Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years — Self
• 1985The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind — Self
• 1983The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers — Self
• 1983The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River — Self
• 1983The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• 1979The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1 — Self
• 1978The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea — Self
• 1978The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament — Self
• 1975An Evening with John Denver — Self
• Apostrophes — Self
• Midi Première — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• 1973The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea — Self
• 1973The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self, Self - Main Guest
• Midi trente — Self
• 1972The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins — Self
• 1972The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus — Self
• Samedi soir — Self
• 1971The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos — Self
• 1971The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters — Self
• Vetenskapens värld — Self
• 1970The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships — Self
• 1969The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales — Self
• 1969The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid — Self
• 1968The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1967The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks — Self
• 1967The Cousteau Collection N°38-1 | The Coral Jungle — Self
• 1966The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III) — Self
• 1966The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• En direct de... — self
• Was bin ich? — Self
• Bambi — Self
• Savage World of the Coral Jungle — Himself