Philippe Cousteau

Philippe Cousteau

Philippe Pierre Cousteau (30 December 1940 – 28 June 1979) was a French diver, sailor, pilot, photographer, author, director and cinematographer specializing in environmental issues, with a background in oceanography. He was the second son of Jacques Cousteau and Simone Melchior. Cousteau was proficient filming from the air, on land and underwater. He was the lead cinematographer for most of the Cousteau films during his lifetime; he was nominated for and won several awards. Born in Toulon, Philippe Cousteau first dived with an aqua-lung in 1945 when he was 4 years old. His father brought home a miniature version of the aqua-lung he had co-invented a few years before. Though Philippe had not yet learned to swim, he followed his father into the water. Growing up, he spent each school vacation aboard his father's ship, RV Calypso. As a teenager, he began to feel the drive to explore. While his father had pursued the horizon on the sea, Philippe Cousteau dreamed of pursuing horizons in the sky and began to study aerodynamics at the age of 16, flying first as a glider pilot, and then earning his airplane pilot license at a young age. Cousteau spent two years in the French Navy during the Algerian war as a sonar operator and member of the landing party of the Le Normand ship, later earning his degree in science, spent another year at MIT, and then went to Paris to train in cinematography, graduating from I'École technique de photographie et de cinéma (now called École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière) in Paris. In 1965, Cousteau was an Oceanaut on the Conshelf III, an undersea habitat for saturated diving down to 325 feet near Ile Levant in the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to his duties as Oceanaut, Cousteau was an underwater photographer and did all of the underwater filming, which became a National Geographic documentary film that aired in 1966. Cousteau appeared as himself on the 28 March 1966 episode of the CBS game show To Tell the Truth. He received three of the four possible votes from the panel. In February 1967, Cousteau accompanied his father on the RV Calypso for an expedition to film the sharks of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. As well as being the lead photographer for the expedition, Cousteau also chronicled his experiences in the 1970 publication The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea. In 1969, Cousteau lent his technical expertise to the U.S. Navy's SEALAB program. In the aftermath of aquanaut Berry L. Cannon's death while attempting to repair a leak in SEALAB III, Cousteau volunteered to dive down to SEALAB and help return it to the surface, although SEALAB was ultimately salvaged in a less hazardous way. Until his death in 1979, he co-produced numerous documentaries with his father, including Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976) for the cinema and his own PBS television series, Oasis in Space (1977), concerning environmental issues. Cousteau was a highly experienced pilot. He earned his glider pilot license at the age of 16 and went on to obtain pilot credentials to fly balloons, hang gliders, single- and multi-engine airplanes and seaplanes, gyrocopters and helicopters. ... Source: Article "Philippe Cousteau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Philippe Cousteau
  • Popularity: 2.104
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1940-12-30
  • Place of Birth: Toulon, Var, France
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Philippe Cousteau Movies

  • 1978
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    The Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)

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

    5.5 1978 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin

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

    6 1974 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice

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

    7 1974 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo

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

    5.5 1973 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile

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

    6 1973 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus

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

    5 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins

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

    6.2 1972 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos

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

    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales

    The Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales

    5.8 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid

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

    5.5 1969 HD

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  • 2021
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    Becoming Cousteau

    Becoming Cousteau

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    Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations...

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  • 1979
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    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1

    7 1979 HD

    During a 9-month trip, the Cousteau team will explore the longest river on the planet: the Nile. It flows north to the Mediterranean, crosses half a...

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  • 1978
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    The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)

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

    5.5 1978 HD

    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...

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  • 1979
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    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

    1 1979 HD

    A breathtaking trip down Earth's longest river reveals its fabled past and complex, challenging present. Wild hippopotami, the mysteries of the...

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  • 1970
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    Steve Irwin: Ocean's Deadliest Catch

    Steve Irwin: Ocean's Deadliest Catch

    1 1970 HD

    In a fitting farewell, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's last documentary goes below the surface of Australia's eastern reef, where some of the planet's...

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  • 1975
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    The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan

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

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    Calypso's Search for the Britannic

    Calypso's Search for the Britannic

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

    The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)

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

    5.5 1978 HD

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  • 1975
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    Midi Première

    Midi Première

    10 1975 HD

    Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.658 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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  • 1956
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    En direct de...

    En direct de...

    1 1956 HD

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  • 1970
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    En direct de...

    En direct de...

    8.4 1970 HD

    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated...

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  • 1970
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    En direct de...

    En direct de...

    8.4 1970 HD

    The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated...

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