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Philippe Cousteau

Born December 30, 1940 · Toulon, Var, France

Died June 28, 1979 · aged 38

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 …

Known For

Voyage to the Edge of the WorldVoyage to the Edge of the World · 1976
Voyage to the Edge of the World
★ 7.11976
MovieDocumentary
On his ship "Calypso," as well as in a submarine, Jacques Cousteau and his crew sail from South America and travel to Antarctica. They explore islands, reefs, icebergs, fossils, active volcanic craters, and creatures of the ocean never before seen. This voyage took place in 1975, and Captain Cousteau became one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the waters of the frozen South Pole.
Calypso's Search for the BritannicCalypso's Search for the Britannic · 1977
Calypso's Search for the Britannic
1977
MovieDocumentary
For 70 years, the sudden sinking of the mighty British ship Britannic - larger than the sister ship Titanic - has been shrouded in mystery. Jacques Cousteau reveals the full story of November 21, 1916 when, on her sixth journey as a hospital ship, Britannic exploded and sank into the Aegean Sea.
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the YucatanThe Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan · 1975
The Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975
MovieDocumentary
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1) · 1978
The Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
★ 5.51978
MovieDocumentary
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 Hercules, whose capital would have been destroyed by an earthquake, then engulfed in the depths of the sea. Following a miraculous aerial photo, Commander Cousteau finds himself on the trail of the lost civilization of the legend of Atlantis. Near the island of Dia, the team makes an extraordinary discovery…
The Jacques Cousteau OdysseyThe Jacques Cousteau Odyssey · 1979
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey
★ 8.41979
SeriesDocumentary
The Jacques Cousteau Odyssey includes all 12 episodes of the 1978 television series featuring the research adventures of Cousteau, a celebrated documentarian and public conscience of mankind's stewardship of our oceans. Alongside his son Philippe Cousteau, Jacques's adventures begin with an ambitious expedition (on Cousteau's famous Calypso ship and a seaplane called the Catalina) following the course of the Nile River from Central Africa to the Mediterranean.

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