Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Acting June 11, 1910

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…

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The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

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6.8 1968 TV Show
Champs-Elysées

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6.8 1982 TV Show
Apostrophes

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8.5 1975 TV Show
Numéro un

Numéro un

7.5 1975 TV Show
Midi Première

Midi Première

9.0 1975 TV Show
Bambi

Bambi

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Le monde est à vous

Le monde est à vous

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Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier

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Midi trente

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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

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  1. 2021
    Becoming Cousteau

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2014
    Shipwrecked on a Great Lake

    Movie Self

  3. 2011
    My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2011
    Verne on Vacation

    Movie Thanks

  5. 2009
    Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1997
    Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia

    Movie Self

  7. 1996
    Titanic's Lost Sister

    Movie Self

  8. 1995
    The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)

    Movie Self

  9. 1995
    30 Years of National Geographic Specials

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1992
    Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube

    TV show Self

  11. 1991
    The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea

    Movie Self

  12. 1991
    The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire

    Movie Self

  13. 1990
    Lilliput in Antarctica

    Movie Self - Narrator

  14. 1990
    The Cousteau Collection N°11-1 | Scandal in Valdez

    Movie Self

  15. 1987
    Le monde est à vous

    TV show Self

  16. 1987
    The Cousteau Collection N°16-1 | Strait Islands: The Waters of Discord

    Movie Self

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  1. 1986
    Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World | New Zealand, Tahiti, Cuba, & Cape Horn

    TV show Self

  2. 1986
    Riders of the Wind

    Movie Self - Host

  3. 1985
    Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

    Movie Self

  4. 1985
    The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)

    Movie Self

  5. 1985
    The Cousteau Collection N°20-1 | Alcyone: Daughter of the Wind

    Movie Self

  6. 1984
    The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle

    Movie Self

  7. 1983
    The Cousteau Collection N°17-1 | Amazon: In the Land of a Thousand Rivers

    Movie Self

  8. 1983
    The Cousteau Collection N°17-2 | Amazon: The Enchanted River

    Movie Self

  9. 1983
    The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon

    Movie Self

  10. 1982
    St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  11. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  12. 1981
    Cries from the Deep

    Movie Self

  13. 1981
    The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea

    Movie Self

  14. 1980
    The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude

    Movie Self

  15. 1979
    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

    Movie Self

  16. 1979
    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey

    TV show Producer

  17. 1979
    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

    Movie Self

  18. 1978
    The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament

    Movie Self

  19. 1978
    The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)

    Movie Self

  20. 1978
    The Cousteau Collection N°11-2 | Ultimatum Under the Sea

    Movie Self

  21. 1978
    The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)

    Movie Self

  22. 1977
    Calypso's Search for the Britannic

    Movie Self

  23. 1977
    Lost Relics of the Sea

    Movie Self

  24. 1976
    Voyage to the Edge of the World

    Movie Self