Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

Le Cœur de la Mer (documentary; also executive
producer)
Palawan: Le Dernier Refuge (documentary; also
executive producer)
Australie: Les Trésors de la Mer (documentary;
also executive producer)
Tasmanie: Une Île s’éveille (documentary; also
executive producer)
1992 Le Grand Requin blanc: Seigneur solitaire des
Mers (documentary; also executive producer)
Nauru: Ilot ou Planète (documentary; also executive
producer)
Lever de Rideau (documentary; also executive
producer)
Le Rêve de Charlemagne (documentary; also
executive producer)
Les Cris du Fauve (documentary; also executive
producer)
Les Débordements du Fleuve (documentary;
also executive producer)
1993 Les Sociétés secrètes des Cétacés (documentary;
also executive producer)
Mékong: Le Don de l’Eau (documentary; also
executive producer)
Mékong: Le Rêve et les Fusils (documentary;
also executive producer)
1995 Madagascar: L’Île des esprits (two-episode
documentary; also executive producer)
La Légende de Calypso (documentary; also executive
producer)
Profond, loin, longtemps (documentary; also executive
producer)
La Mer illuminée (documentary; also executive
producer)
1996 Diamants du Désert (documentary; also executive
producer)
Sanctuaires pour la vie (documentary; also executive
producer)
A travers la Chine par le Fleuve jaune (documentary;
also executive producer)
Les Promesses de la Mer (documentary; also
executive producer)
1997 Derrière le Miroir: Lac Baïkal (documentary;
also executive producer)
COUSTEAU, PHILIPPE (December 30, 1940,
Toulon, Var, France–June 28, 1979, Lisbon, Portugal)
The son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, he fi rst dived
with an Aqua-Lung at age fi ve. He began collaborating
with his father in 1964 (Le Monde sans Soleil / Il
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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 fl ying boat crash
in Portugal in 1979.
Filmography
1976 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 Filmography
1966 National Geographic Specials (episode “The
World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau,” USA)
1968 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)
1969 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