Trying to describe an early memory, of diving into a silty lake and opening his eyes under water for the first time, Jacques Cousteau was instinctively eloquent on the beginnings of a lifelong ...

Cousteau was a pioneer in underwater exploration, an early conservationist forever on our television screens and The Odyssey is a handsome biography that struggles to chart his hectic life fully. It ...

While some icons of history and culture are in-demand for big screen stories that develop into dueling biopics (like the recent spawning of two Marilyn Monroe projects), some life stories have gone ...

Jacques Cousteau owed much to television. Loved by millions because of the success of his shows, culminating with the long running "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" in the 1960s and 1970s, he ...

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EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic has set its next documentary, which will focus on famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau. Two-time Oscar-nominated and two-time Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus (The Farm ...

Jacques Cousteau’s death was not unexpected, but it should be the occasion of great sadness and introspection for all of us. Somehow we must recognize during our mourning a life and an attitude toward ...

Liz Garbus’s new documentary is about the life of the French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the fate of the oceans he loved. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

July 12, 2006 — -- In his upcoming PBS special "Sharks at Risk," Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary explorer Jacques Cousteau, says more must be done to protect the declining shark ...

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 ...