---
name: "Albert Falco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-falco"
fi1m_id: "albert-falco"
imdb_id: "nm0265923"
tmdb_id: 1745821
wikidata_id: "Q2831163"
roles: []
born: "17 October 1927"
died: "21 April 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T01:59:06.399722+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Falco

## Identity

Albert Falco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-falco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-falco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0265923
- **TMDB ID:** 1745821
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2831163
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Falco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2831163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1745821

Cinematographer. Born 17 October 1927 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Died 21 April 2012.

## Details

- **Born:** 17 October 1927, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- **Died:** 21 April 2012
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Falco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2831163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1745821

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Becoming Cousteau*](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md) (74)

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## Biography

Albert Falco (17 October 1927 – 21 April 2012) was a French scuba diver, underwater photographer and cinematographer best known for his long collaboration with Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Born in Marseille, he joined the crew of the research vessel RV Calypso in 1952 as a diver and rose to become chief diver and later captain.

Falco contributed to Cousteau’s pioneering underwater films and expeditions, including *The Silent World* (1956) and *World Without Sun* (1964). He also worked as a cinematographer and underwater cameraman on episodes of *The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau* and other projects. In later years he wrote the book *Capitaine de La Calypso*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Becoming Cousteau* (2021), Fi1m 74, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/becoming-cousteau.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Odyssey* (2016), Book
- *St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea* (1982), Underwater Camera
- *Cries from the Deep* (1981), Underwater Director of Photography
- *Voyage to the Edge of the World* (1976), Director of Operations

## Gallery

- ![Albert Falco](https://film.one/media/person/4199096/gallery-2da8986064c7.jpg) Albert Falco — inconnu (ayant-droit : Beuchat International SAS), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Albert_FALCO.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Albert Falco à une conférence de presse, parrainant la Fondation Antinea (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/4199096/gallery-20969fef854a.jpg) Albert Falco à une conférence de presse, parrainant la Fondation Antinea (2009) — G.Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Falco_antinea.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Albert Falco à une conférence de presse, parrainant la Fondation Antinea, avec son directeur Ronald Menzel (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/4199096/gallery-3a783f3fd9cb.jpg) Albert Falco à une conférence de presse, parrainant la Fondation Antinea, avec son directeur Ronald Menzel (2009) — G.Mannaerts, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Falco_antinea2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Plaque Comemprative Alber Falco Martinique (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/4199096/gallery-9a985d1f648f.jpg) Plaque Comemprative Alber Falco Martinique (2024) — GMoulard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/PlaqueComemprativeAlberFalcoMartinique_%282%29.jpg/1280px-PlaqueComemprativeAlberFalcoMartinique_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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