Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Acting

June 11, 1910 — June 25, 1997

Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France

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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...

🎬 Jacques-Yves Cousteau's Filmography

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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

10.0

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

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

6.6

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

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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

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

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

8.5

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

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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

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

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

30 Years of National Geographic Specials

1995

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Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia

1997

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

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Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau.

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

1985

The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships

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The Cousteau Collection N°15-1 | The Lagoon of Lost Ships

1970

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

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

1983

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

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

1990

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

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

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

1983

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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

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

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

1972

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

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

1978

My Father, The Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau revisits the adventure and the legacy of Captain Cousteau not only through intimate stories from his family but also from some of the people whose lives he influenced. In rediscovered footage of the earliest days of scuba diving, Jean-Michel Cousteau shows how his father brought the great unseen ocean into focus and into our homes. Jean-Michel and the next generation of Cousteau children, now adults, describe the legacy they have taken upon themselves to carry and cast a meaningful light on the life and work of a man who inspired millions to reconsider our relationship with the sea and its creatures.

My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau

2011

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

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

1973

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

1975

The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea

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The Cousteau Collection N°26-1 | 500 Million Years Under the Sea

1973

The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos

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The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos

1971

The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca

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The Cousteau Collection N°34-1 | The Legend of Lake Titicaca

1968

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

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

1978

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

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

1969

The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks

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The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks

1967

The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)

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The Cousteau Collection N°32-1 | The Precontinent Adventure (Precontinent III)

1966

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

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

1972

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

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

1987

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

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

1984

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

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Cousteau becomes a modern-day Huckleberry Finn to explore the Father of Waters. Shows the Mississippi's icy origin in Minnesota to its destination in the Gulf of Mexico. Looks at the river's land, wildlife, people, folklore, and industry.

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

1985

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

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

1980

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

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

9.0

Jacques Cousteau's 1942 plunge into the Mediterranean sea

At a Depth of Eighteen Meters

1943

The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters

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The Cousteau Collection N°31-1 | The Fate of Sea Otters

1971

The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice

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The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice

1974

The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo

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The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo

1973

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

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

1991

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

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

1985

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.