Philippe Cousteau
Philippe Cousteau | |
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Alverca , Portugal | |
Spouse | |
Children | Alexandra Cousteau Philippe Cousteau Jr. |
Parent(s) | Jacques Cousteau Simone Melchior |
Relatives | Jean-Michel Cousteau (brother) Pierre-Antoine Cousteau (uncle) |
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;[1] he was nominated for and won several awards.[2]
Early life and education
Born in
As a teenager, he began to feel the drive to explore. While his father had pursued the horizon on the sea, Philippe Cousteau dreamed of pursuing horizons in the sky and began to study aerodynamics at the age of 16, flying first as a glider pilot, and then earning his airplane pilot license at a young age.[3]
Cousteau spent two years in the
Career
"Our goal was to serve as eyes for those who could not travel. We would be like knights errant who would travel the world, bringing their King tales of the Middle East. Except in our case, we would not be reporting to just one person but to millions."
Philippe Cousteau[citation needed]
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In 1965, Cousteau was an Oceanaut on the
Cousteau appeared as himself on the 28 March 1966 episode of the CBS game show To Tell the Truth. He received three of the four possible votes from the panel.[4]
In February 1967, Cousteau accompanied his father on the RV Calypso for an expedition to film the sharks of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. As well as being the lead photographer for the expedition, Cousteau also chronicled his experiences in the 1970 publication The Shark: Splendid Savage of the Sea.
In 1969, Cousteau lent his technical expertise to the
Until his death in 1979, he co-produced numerous documentaries[1] with his father, including Voyage to the Edge of the World (1976) for the cinema and his own PBS television series, Oasis in Space[6] (1977), concerning environmental issues.
Piloting
He acquired a
Personal life
Cousteau met
Death and legacy
Cousteau died in 1979, aged 38, when his
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The Philippe Cousteau Anchor Museum in Asturias, Spain, and The Lycée Philippe Cousteau in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, France, honor Cousteau's work.[11]
His children Alexandra Cousteau and Philippe Cousteau Jr. continue the family work in oceanography as the co-founders of EarthEcho International.[citation needed]
Awards
Cousteau received many awards and honors for his contribution to diving and underwater photography: He was nominated for four Emmy's,
References
- ^ a b "Philippe Cousteau Sr". IMDb. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Philippe Cousteau Sr". IMDb. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b "St. Petersburg Times – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "To Tell the Truth". CBS. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ISBN 0-684-87213-7.
- ^ "Cousteau Oasis in Space". Television Academy. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Catalina PBY – Cousteau". cansonet.free.fr. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Jan and Alexandra Cousteau celebrate the family business of conservation". Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Crash of a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina off Alverca: 1 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. 28 June 1979. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. "ASN Aircraft accident Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina N101CS Alverca". Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Site internet du lycée Philippe Cousteau, Saint-André de Cubzac". webetab.ac-bordeaux.fr. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "OG Explorers – Oscars of the Ocean". www.underwaterartists.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "Green Earth Book Award | The Nature Generation". www.natgen.org. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links
- Photo of Philippe Cousteau at the controls of N101CS.
- Photo of Philippe Cousteau.
- Cousteau Society PBY-6A Catalina as piloted by Philippe Cousteau.
- Official Aircraft Accident Description N101CS, Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina, 28 June 1979.
- CDNN- The Cousteau Wars.