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name: "Jacques Cousteau"
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tmdb_id: 230786
wikidata_id: "Q83233"
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born: "11 June 1910"
died: "25 June 1997"
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# Jacques Cousteau

## Identity

Jacques Cousteau

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacques-yves-cousteau
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacques-yves-cousteau
- **IMDb ID:** nm0184150
- **TMDB ID:** 230786
- **Wikidata ID:** Q83233
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230786

Actor. Born 11 June 1910 in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France. Died 25 June 1997.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 June 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France
- **Died:** 25 June 1997
- **Also known as:** Jacques-Yves Cousteau, J.Y. Cousteau
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83233, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0184150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230786

## Streaming the US now

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

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, inventor and filmmaker. He co-developed the Aqua-Lung and produced a series of underwater documentaries that brought marine exploration to wide audiences.

His best-known film, *The Silent World* (1956), which he co-directed with Louis Malle, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Documentary. From 1966 to 1976 he hosted the television series *The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau*.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Verne on Vacation* (2011), Thanks
- *Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia* (1997), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 |  Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)* (1995), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°44-1 | Australia: Treasures of the Sea* (1991), Director
- *Lilliput in Antarctica* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Cousteau Collection N°21-1 | A Reluctant Ally: The Mississippi (Part 1)* (1985), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°19-1 | Amazon: Snowstorm in the Jungle* (1984), Director
- *St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea* (1982), Director
- *Cries from the Deep* (1981), Writer, Producer
- *The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea* (1981), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°36-1 | Clipperton: Island of Solitude* (1980), Director
- *The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2* (1979), Executive Producer
- *The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey* (1979), series, Producer, Director, Creator
- *The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)* (1978), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)* (1978), Director
- *Calypso's Search for the Britannic* (1977), Executive Producer, Director
- *Lost Relics of the Sea* (1977), Executive Producer
- *Voyage to the Edge of the World* (1976), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World* (1976), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan* (1975), Producer
- *The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin* (1974), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice* (1974), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo* (1973), Director
- *The Cousteau Collection N°43-1 | Sunken Caverns* (1971), Director
- *The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau* (1968), series, Executive Producer
- *World Without Sun* (1964), Director
- *The Golden Fish* (1959), Producer
- *The Sunken Galley* (1957), Director, Writer
- *The Silent World* (1956), Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- *Station 307* (1955), Producer
- *La Fontaine-de-Vaucluse* (1955), Producer
- *Danger Under the Sea* (1951), Director
- *Diving Logs* (1948), Director
- *Paysages du silence* (1947), Director
- *Shipwrecks* (1946), Director, Producer
- *At a Depth of Eighteen Meters* (1943), Director
- *La Collection Cousteau N° 1 | Le Grand Requin Blanc | Les Requins Dormeurs Du Yucatan*, Producer
- *Cousteau: Amazon*, series, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Jacques Cousteau](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-2d5eec8677f9.jpg) Jacques Cousteau — Hans Peters for Anefo ., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Cousteau1972_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Au carnaval de Montbéliard de 2019. Le commandant Cousteau s'est joint au carnaval.](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-d6e0580ca784.jpg) Au carnaval de Montbéliard de 2019. Le commandant Cousteau s'est joint au carnaval. — Thomas Bresson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/2019-04-14_14-22-58_carnaval-montb%C3%A9liard.jpg/1280px-2019-04-14_14-22-58_carnaval-montb%C3%A9liard.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Le commandant Cousteau en 1972 à La Haye pour une conférence. Photo libre de droits. Archives des Pays-Bas. Anefo.](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-ff988f1afac9.jpg) Le commandant Cousteau en 1972 à La Haye pour une conférence. Photo libre de droits. Archives des Pays-Bas. Anefo. — Hans Peters for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Bos_en_Kalis_geeft_personferentie_in_Den_Haag_over_eilandenproject_voor_industri%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-4954.jpg/1280px-Bos_en_Kalis_geeft_personferentie_in_Den_Haag_over_eilandenproject_voor_industri%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-4954.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![<a href="http://www.fotografiasdegrancanaria.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.fotografiasdegrancanaria.com</a> <a href="http://elcoleccionistad (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-3b13eb8311f2.jpg) <a href="http://www.fotografiasdegrancanaria.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.fotografiasdegrancanaria.com</a> <a href="http://elcoleccionistad (2010) — El Coleccionista de Instantes  Fotografía & Video, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Calypso.Monumento_a_Jacques_Costeau.La_Puntilla_%284730166835%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![documentalist of the cave of sleeping sharks, observes a seashell,Local contribution Carlos García el Válvula (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-390ed4ece1db.jpg) documentalist of the cave of sleeping sharks, observes a seashell,Local contribution Carlos García el Válvula (2022) — ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CASTILLO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Carlos_garcia_valvula.jpg/1280px-Carlos_garcia_valvula.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Un des compagnon du Saga sur le sous marin (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/4199083/gallery-ec23b5c11919.jpg) Un des compagnon du Saga sur le sous marin (2018) — Sophiedidacressources, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Compagnonsaga.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won

- 1960: Best Live Action Short Film (won), for *The Golden Fish*
- 1957: Best Documentary Feature Film (won), for *The Silent World*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1975: BAFTA Fellowship (won)

### Other awards — 12 won

- National Inventors Hall of Fame 2010: National Inventors Hall of Fame (won)
- Catalonia International Prize 1991: Catalonia International Prize (won)
- Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia 1990: Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia (won)
- honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel 1989: honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (won)
- Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit 1985: Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (won)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 1985: Presidential Medal of Freedom (won)
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit 1979: Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit (won)
- honorary doctor of Harvard University 1979: honorary doctor of Harvard University (won)
- John Muir Award 1976: John Muir Award (won)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour 1972: Commander of the Legion of Honour (won)
- Howard N. Potts Medal 1970: Howard N. Potts Medal (won)
- Founder’s Medal 1963: Founder’s Medal (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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