Awards & Winners

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Date of Birth 11-June-1910
Place of Birth Saint-André-de-Cubzac
(Gironde, Aquitaine, France)
Nationality France
Also know as Jacques Cousteau, le Commandant Cousteau, Captain Cousteau, Kaptan Cousteau, Kaptan Kusto, Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC, Jacques Cousteau
Profession Photographer, Film director, Film Producer, Screenwriter, Television Producer, Author, Oceanographer
Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC 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.

Awards by Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jacques-Yves Cousteau.

1985


Presidential Medal of Freedom
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special
Honored for : Cousteau: Mississippi

Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special Cousteau: Amazon
Snowstorm in the Jungle
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special Cousteau: Mississippi

1984


Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series Cousteau: Amazon

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Program The Cousteau Odyssey
The Nile

1978


Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Cousteau Odyssey
Calypso's Search for Atlantis

1975


BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award

1964


Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Honored for : World Without Sun
National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Honored for : World Without Sun
(France)

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature World Without Sun

1963


Founder's Gold Medal
(For underwater exploration and research)

1959


Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)
Honored for : The Golden Fish

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action) The Golden Fish

1956


Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Honored for : The Silent World
Palme d'Or
Honored for : The Silent World

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature The Silent World