- Cousteau, Philippe
- (December 30, 1940, Toulon, Var, France - June 28, 1979, Lisbon, Portugal)The son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he first dived with an Aqua-Lung at age five. He began collaborating with his father in 1964 (Le Monde sans Soleil / Il mondo senza sole / Jacques-Yves Cousteau's World Without Sun / World Without Sun, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, France / Italy / USA) and worked as a cinematographer (1968 National Geographic Specials, episode "500 Millions d'Années sous la Mer" / "500 Million Years Beneath the Sea", USA; 1970 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, documentary; episodes "Le Retour des Eléphants de Mer" / "The Return of the Sea Elephants", "Ces Incroyables Machines plongeantes" / "Those Incredible Diving Machines", "The Water Planet", USA; 1973 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, episode "Les Dernières Sirènes" / "The Forgotten Mermaids") and executive producer (1977 The Cousteau Odyssey, TV miniseries, USA) until his accidental death in a flying boat crash in Portugal in 1979.Filmography1976 ◘ Voyage au Bout du Monde / USA: Voyage to the Edge of the World / Voyage to the End of the World (documentary; co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Marshall Flaum)Television Filmography1966 ◘ National Geographic Specials (episode "The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau", USA)◘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (documentary; episodes "Les Requins" / USA: "Sharks", co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Jack Kaufman; "La Jungle de Corail" / USA: "Savage Worlds of the Coral Jungle", co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Patrick Watson, USA)◘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (documentary; episode "Les Baleines du Désert" / USA: "The Desert Whales", co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Warren Bush; also cinematographer; USA)1971 ◘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (documentary; episode "Pieuvre, petite Pieuvre" / USA: "Octopus, Octopus"; co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau; also cinematographer; USA)1972 ◘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (documentary; episode "Le Sourire du Morse" / USA: "The Smile of the Walrus"; co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau; also cinematographer; USA)1973 ◘ The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (documentary; episode "La Baleine qui chante" / "The Singing Whale"; co-director with Jacques-Yves Cousteau; also cinematographer, actor as himself; USA)1976 ◘ Cousteau: Oasis in Space (TV series; co-director with Andrew Dolt; also executive producer; USA)
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.