Jacques Cousteau
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also UK: , French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, divemaster, oceanographer, filmmaker and author who co-invented the first open-circuit SCUBA set and made the first underwater documentaries. Cousteau wrote a series of books about his undersea explorations, of which the most popular is the first publication called The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure. He was a member of the Académie Française. He adapted his book into an underwater documentary called The Silent World, which won the 1956 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. It remained the only documentary to win the Palme d'Or until it was awarded to Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004.
French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher (1910-1997)
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