Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Acting

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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

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

Acting credits

Becoming Cousteau poster
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Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet’s vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.

Becoming Cousteau

2021

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants poster
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Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop culture icon status and showcases the series' around the world.

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

2009

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6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea

1991

Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia

1997

The Silent World poster
6.5

Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The film highlights the brutal realities of nature while capturing the wonder of underwater exploration, as the team ventures into previously unseen ocean depths.

The Silent World

1956

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years poster
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Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau.

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

1985

Titanic's Lost Sister poster
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An account of Dr. Robert D. Ballard's exploration of the wreck of the Britannic in September 1995. Britannic, the sister-ship of the Titanic, was sunk after a mysterious explosion while serving as a hospital ship during World War One. Ballard sets out to relocate the wreck and attempts to prove once and for all whether it was a German mine or torpedo which inflicted the fatal damage.

Titanic's Lost Sister

1996

Voyage to the Edge of the World poster
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On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

1976

Riders of the Wind poster
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World-famous underwater adventurer Jacques Cousteau is on a journey on the surface of the sea. Along with Lucien Malavard and Bertrand Charrier, Cousteau invented a new kind of sailing vessel using a state-of-the-art, high-tech turbo sail. The tall, computer-controlled cylinder of metal sails the ship much like a conventional canvas sail, but is up to six times more efficient.

Riders of the Wind

1986

30 Years of National Geographic Specials poster
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Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

1995

Cries from the Deep poster
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This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world's richest fishing areas. They discover shipwrecks, film icebergs and observe beluga whales, humpback whales and harp seals. The film also includes a fascinating sequence showing Calypso divers freeing a calf whale entrapped in a fishing net.

Cries from the Deep

1981

An Evening with John Denver poster
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Live concert by American singer and songwriter John Denver aired as a television special. It was recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California in August and September 1974.

An Evening with John Denver

1975

Shipwrecked on a Great Lake poster
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An adventure docudrama from Canadian producer and director, Peter Rowe. Shipwrecked on a Great Lake is the story of Ned Myers, the 24-year-old Canadian-American sailor who was one of the few survivors of the shipwreck of two warships, the Hamilton and the Scourge, in August 1813. Based on the story by James Fenimore Cooper, who appears as a character in the film.

Shipwrecked on a Great Lake

2014

World Without Sun poster
6.6

Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

World Without Sun

1964

The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus

1972

The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez

1990

The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales

1969

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Follows Cousteau on a trip to Antarctica with 6 children, each chosen to represent one of the other continents in order to raise awareness about the global significance of Antarctica, the continent most crucial to world climate regulation.

Lilliput in Antarctica

1990

The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins

1972

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Documentary about exploring shipwrecks in the Mediterranean and Caribbean.

Lost Relics of the Sea

1977

The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile

1973

The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) poster
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The myth of Atlantis has only one source: Plato. He described, some 2,500 years ago, a country overflowing with wealth, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules, whose capital would have been destroyed by an earthquake, then engulfed in the depths of the sea. Following a miraculous aerial photo, Commander Cousteau finds himself on the trail of the lost civilization of the legend of Atlantis. Near the island of Dia, the team makes an extraordinary discovery…

The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)

1978

The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude

1980

The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid poster
5.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid

1969

Behind the camera

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6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea

1991

Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia

1997

The Silent World poster
6.5

Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The film highlights the brutal realities of nature while capturing the wonder of underwater exploration, as the team ventures into previously unseen ocean depths.

The Silent World

1956

The Silent World poster
6.5

Join renowned explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as he investigates aquatic habitats worldwide, showcasing whales, sharks, and diverse marine life. The film highlights the brutal realities of nature while capturing the wonder of underwater exploration, as the team ventures into previously unseen ocean depths.

The Silent World

1956

Station 307 poster
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A documentary account of a research expedition to the Persian Gulf, following a BP-sponsored underwater survey near Bahrain in search of oil. Featuring Jacques Cousteau and the research vessel Calypso, the film captures early scientific diving and marine exploration at the intersection of industrial ambition and oceanographic discovery.

Station 307

1955

Voyage to the Edge of the World poster
7.1

On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

1976

Voyage to the Edge of the World poster
7.1

On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

1976

Voyage to the Edge of the World poster
7.1

On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.

Voyage to the Edge of the World

1976

Cries from the Deep poster
10.0

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world's richest fishing areas. They discover shipwrecks, film icebergs and observe beluga whales, humpback whales and harp seals. The film also includes a fascinating sequence showing Calypso divers freeing a calf whale entrapped in a fishing net.

Cries from the Deep

1981

Cries from the Deep poster
10.0

This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world's richest fishing areas. They discover shipwrecks, film icebergs and observe beluga whales, humpback whales and harp seals. The film also includes a fascinating sequence showing Calypso divers freeing a calf whale entrapped in a fishing net.

Cries from the Deep

1981

The Golden Fish poster
7.3

A silent, lyrical short in which a boy’s newly won goldfish is threatened by the family cat, and saved through a quiet act of animal solidarity.

The Golden Fish

1959

World Without Sun poster
6.6

Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

World Without Sun

1964

Diving Logs poster
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Diving logs of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Documentary Maritime Resources of Mahdia, Tunisia. Selected for Canes International Film 1949 and 1951.

Diving Logs

1948

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No synopsis available yet.

Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World

1976

The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) poster
5.5

The myth of Atlantis has only one source: Plato. He described, some 2,500 years ago, a country overflowing with wealth, located beyond the Pillars of Hercules, whose capital would have been destroyed by an earthquake, then engulfed in the depths of the sea. Following a miraculous aerial photo, Commander Cousteau finds himself on the trail of the lost civilization of the legend of Atlantis. Near the island of Dia, the team makes an extraordinary discovery…

The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)

1978

The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude

1980

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Follows the scientific research carried out in the natural cavity of Fontaine-de-Vaucluse by Cousteau and OFRS (French Underwater Research Office) divers, who reach for the first time a depth of 243 ft.

La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse

1955

The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan

1975

Calypso's Search for the Britannic poster
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For 70 years, the sudden sinking of the mighty British ship Britannic - larger than the sister ship Titanic - has been shrouded in mystery. Jacques Cousteau reveals the full story of November 21, 1916 when, on her sixth journey as a hospital ship, Britannic exploded and sank into the Aegean Sea.

Calypso's Search for the Britannic

1977

Shipwrecks poster
9.0

The first film created using the “Cousteau-Gagnan” – an autonomous diving suit – enabling the first underwater sequences in the Mediterranean at nearly 62m depth.

Shipwrecks

1946

Shipwrecks poster
9.0

The first film created using the “Cousteau-Gagnan” – an autonomous diving suit – enabling the first underwater sequences in the Mediterranean at nearly 62m depth.

Shipwrecks

1946

At a Depth of Eighteen Meters poster
9.0

Jacques Cousteau's 1942 plunge into the Mediterranean sea

At a Depth of Eighteen Meters

1943

The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin

1974

St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea poster
10.0

In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes on board the specially equipped vessel, the Calypso. They explore the countryside from their helicopter and plumb the depths of the waters in their diving saucer. They encounter shipwrecks, the Manicouagan power dam, Niagara Falls, the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway and an underwater chase with caribou.

St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

1982