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Jacques Cousteau

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Jacques Cousteau

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Also known as Jacques-Yves Cousteau

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French zoologist, explorer, filmmaker, and innovator who worked in the field of oceanography. Born in Saint-André-de-Cubzac in 1910, he was educated at École Navale and Collège Stanislas de Paris. He was a member of the Académie Française, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Romanian Academy. Cousteau was married to Simone Melchior Cousteau and had children Philippe Cousteau and Jean-Michel Cousteau.

Cousteau received the Commander of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. He died of acute myocardial infarction in the 17th arrondissement of Paris in 1997.

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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…

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  • Becoming Cousteau — Self (archive footage)2021
  • Shipwrecked on a Great Lake — Self2014
  • My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia — Self1997
  • Titanic's Lost Sister — Self1996
  • 30 Years of National Geographic Specials — Self (archive footage)1995
  • The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1) — Self1995
  • Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II | Australia, Indonesia and the Danube — Self1992
  • The Cousteau Collection N°14-1 | Australia: The People of Water and Fire — Self1991

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Saint-André-de-Cubzac
Place of death
17th arrondissement of Paris
Child
Jean-Michel Cousteau
Sibling
Pierre-Antoine Cousteau
Occupation
film producer
Educated at
Collège Stanislas de Paris
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
oceanography
Conflict
World War II
Image
Jacques-Yves Cousteau.jpg
Work location
Spain
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Jacques-Yves Cousteau
cause of death
acute myocardial infarction
date of birth
1910-06-11
date of death
1997-06-25
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Category:Jacques Cousteau
member of
Romanian Academy
manner of death
natural causes
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
name in native language
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
related category
Category:Films directed by Jacques Cousteau
nickname
Commandant Cousteau
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Encyclopedic overview

The Cousteau Society logo depicts the nymph Calypso, the namesake of his research vessel, also used as its house flag. Jacques-Yves Cousteau (/kuːˈstoʊ/, also UK: /ˈkuːstoʊ/; French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. 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.

Cousteau wrote many books describing his undersea explorations. In his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, Cousteau 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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