Jacques-Yves Cousteau

from Saint-André-de-Cubzac, Gironde, France

Artwork for Becoming CousteauImage of Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Biography

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.

Timeline

2021Aged 111

  • Poster for Becoming Cousteau

    Self (archive footage)

2014Aged 104

  • Poster for Shipwrecked on a Great Lake

    Self

2011Aged 101

  • Poster for My Father the Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Verne on Vacation

    Thanks

2009Aged 99

  • Poster for Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

    Self (archive footage)

1997Aged 87

  • Poster for Lake Baikal: Pearl of Siberia

    Self

1996Aged 86

  • Poster for Titanic's Lost Sister

    Self

1995Aged 85

  • Poster for 30 Years of National Geographic Specials

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°42-1 | Desert Diamonds: South Africa (Part 1)

    Self

1991Aged 81

1990Aged 80

1987Aged 77

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

    Self

1986Aged 76

  • Poster for Riders of the Wind

    Self - Host

1985Aged 75

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

    Self

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

    Self

  • Poster for Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

    Self

1984Aged 74

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

    Self

1983Aged 73

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°18-1 | Fleeing Shadows: Indians of the Amazon

    Self

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

    Self

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

    Self

1982Aged 72

  • Poster for St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

    Self (uncredited)

1981Aged 71

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°37-1 | Warm Blood in the Sea

    Self

  • Poster for Cries from the Deep

    Self

1980Aged 70

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

    Self

1979Aged 69

1978Aged 68

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

    Self

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

    Self

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

    Self

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°23-1 | The Easter Island Testament

    Self

1977Aged 67

1976Aged 66

1975Aged 65

  • Poster for An Evening with John Denver

    Self

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

    Self

1974Aged 64

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

    Self

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin

    Self

1973Aged 63

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

    Self

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo

    Self

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

    Self

1972Aged 62

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

    Self

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

    Self

1971Aged 61

1970Aged 60

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

    Self

1969Aged 59

  • Poster for The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales

    Self

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

    Self

1968Aged 58

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

    Self

1967Aged 57

1966Aged 56

1964Aged 54

  • Poster for World Without Sun

    Self (uncredited)

1959Aged 49

  • Poster for The Golden Fish

    Producer

1957Aged 47

  • Poster for The Sunken Galley

    Writer

1956Aged 46

  • Poster for The Silent World

    Self

1955Aged 45

1951Aged 41

  • Poster for Danger Under the Sea

    Director

1948Aged 38

  • Poster for Diving Logs

    Director

1947Aged 37

1946Aged 36

  • Poster for Shipwrecks

    Self - Diver / Narrator

1943Aged 33

  • Poster for At a Depth of Eighteen Meters

    Self

Year unknown

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