Author: Jacques Yves Cousteau
Alternate names: Jacques-Yves Cousteau; Jacques Yves COUSTEAU; Jacques Ives Cousteau; Jacques COUSTEAU; Cousteau, Jacques Yves, 1909-; Jacques Cousteau; Jacques Yves. Cousteau; Jacques Yves DD Cousteau; Jaques-Yves Cousteau; Cousteau Jacques-Yves; cousteau jacques-yves; JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU; CAPT JACQUES Y COUSTEAU; Jacques-yves Cousteau; Jaques Cousteau; JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU; J. Y. Cousteau; J. Cousteau; J.Y Cousteau; COUSTEAU,JACQUES; Captain J. Y. Cousteau; jacques cousteau; J.Y. Cousteau; Captain J.Y. Cousteau; J.Y. COUSTEAU
Born: 1910
Died: 1997
Bio: Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC (French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997)[1] was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.

Cousteau described his underwater world research in a series of books, perhaps the most successful being his first book, The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure, published in 1953. Cousteau also directed films, most notably the documentary adaptation of the book, The Silent World, which won a Palme d'or at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. He remained the only person to win a Palme d'Or for a documentary film, until Michael Moore won the award in 2004 for Fahrenheit 9/11.