- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 30, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Toulon, Var, France
- Died
- June 28, 1979
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. Wh…
Filmography
movieBecoming Cousteau
2021 · Self (archive footage)
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
movieThe Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 2
1979 · Self, Executive Producer
tvThe Jacques Cousteau Odyssey
1979 · Executive Producer, Creator
The Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
movieThe Cousteau Odyssey: The Nile Part 1
1979 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°8-1 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 1)
1978 · Self, Director
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°8-2 | In Search of Atlantis (Part 2)
1978 · Self
movieCalypso's Search for the Britannic
1977 · Executive Producer
movieVoyage to the Edge of the World
1976 · Self, Underwater Camera, Producer, Director, Writer
Cousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
movieCousteau: A Voyage to the End of the World
1976 · Director
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°1-2 | Sleeper Sharks of the Yucatan
1975 · Director
tvMidi Première
1975 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°4-2 | The Flight of the Penguin
1974 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°5-1 | Life Under an Ocean of Ice
1974 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°6-1 | Hippo, Hippo
1973 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°9-2 | Morse's Smile
1973 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°7-1 | Octopus, Little Octopus
1972 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°2-1 | The Song of the Dolphins
1972 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°12-1 | The Dragons of the Galapagos
1971 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°3-1 | Desert Whales
1969 · Self
movieThe Cousteau Collection N°7-2 | The Night of the Squid
1969 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
tvEn direct de...
1956 · self