简介：Jacques-YvesCousteauBornin1910,wasaFrenchnavalofficer,explorer,ecologist,andfilmmaker,whostudiedthesea.Althoughheismostfamoustousfromhistelevisionprogrammes,healsoco-developedtheaqua-lung,andpioneeredmarineconservationasapoliticalandscientificpriority.IntheCalypso,anex-RoyalNavyminesweeper,Cousteauvisitedthemostinterestingwatersoftheplanet.Duringthesetripsheproducedmanybooksandfilms.HegainedthreeOscarsfor;TheSilentWorld,TheGoldenFish,andWorldWithoutSun,aswellasmanyothertopawardsincludingthePalmedOrin1956attheCannesFilmFestival.Cousteaulikedtocallhimselfanoceanographictechnician.Hewasinrealityasophisticatedloverofnaturewhofoundawayofcommunicatingcomplexscientificandbiologicalconceptstoordinarypeople.Whilehewascriticisedatthetimebysomeacademicsforfailingtoexpressscienceproperly,hisworkpermittedmanypeopletoexploretheresourcesofthebluecontinent.Asanexampleofhisinfluence,in1975,folksingerJohnDenvercomposedthesongCalypsoasatributetoCousteauandhisresearchshipCalypso.ThesongreachedthenumberonepositionontheBillboard100charts.Cousteausworkdidagreatdealtopopularizeknowledgeofunderwaterbiologyandwasfeaturedinthelong-liveddocumentarytelevisionseriesTheUnderseaWorldofJacquesCousteauwhichbeganin1968.OnJanuary11,1996,theCalypsosankinSingaporeharbour.CousteaudiedonJune25,1997-hisworkiscontinuedbyhissonJean-MichelandhisgrandsonFabien,whostudiessharksfromacustom-builtshark-shapedsubmarine.PopCultureTributesandReferencesInthe14May2007episodeofTNTsInsidetheNBA,ShaquilleONealrequestedthathebeaddressedfromthatpointonasShaqCousteau.The2004film,TheLifeAquaticwithSteveZissou,directedbyWesAnderson,isregardedasbothanhomageandsend-upofCousteauscareer.ItincludesacreditandtheendthatreadsInmemoryofJacques-YvesCousteauandwithgratitudetotheCousteauSociety,whichwasnotinvolvedinthemakingofthisfilm.InanepisodeoftheTVshowFriends,PhoebethinksshehassubconsciouslydevelopedacrushonJacquesCousteau.InthemovieAceVentura:PetDetective,CourtneyCoxcharactercorrectsherbossmistakeofcallingadolphinafishinsteadofamammal.Angry,heretorts,Thankyou,MissJacquesCousteau.TheIncubussongNicetoKnowYoufeaturesthelyricDeeperthanthedeepestCousteauwouldevergo.TheBlueÖysterCultsongPerfectWaterfeaturesthelyricDoyouknowJacquesCousteau,whentheysaidontheradiothathehearsbellsinrandomorder,deepbeneaththeperfectwater?TheWu-TangClansongDaMysteryofChessboxinfeaturesthelyricJacquesCousteaucouldnevergetthislow,sungbyOlDirtyBastard.AJediMindTrickssong,GetThisLow,samplestheline.TheAndrewBirdsongLullfeaturesthelyricBeingalone/Itcanbequiteromantic/LikeJacquesCousteau/UnderneaththeAtlantic.TheUkrainianband5nizzasongМорячок(lit.sailor)featuresthelyricinRussianКакЖак-ИвКу(🥋)с(🚹)т(🈂)о/Ки(👮)лом(🏗)етровн(🚐)ас(🧕)то/Вбатиска(🔉)фепье(💲)тНескафе...(roughlytranslated,LikeJacques-YvesCousteau/100kilometersbelow/InthebathyscaphehedrinksNescafe...)