Philippe Cousteau
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After a dive off the island of Isabella, near Mazatlan, Mexico, in 1975
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| Born |
Philippe-Pierre Cousteau December 30, 1940 Toulon, France |
| Died | June 28, 1979 (aged 38) Tagus river |
| Nationality | French |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Cousteau née Sullivan |
| Children |
Alexandra Cousteau Philippe Cousteau, Jr. |
| Parent(s) |
Jacques-Yves Cousteau Simone Melchior |
Philippe-Pierre Cousteau (December 30, 1940 – June 28, 1979) was the second son of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Simone Cousteau, a diver, sailor, pilot, photographer, author, director and cinematographer specializing in environmental issues, with a background in oceanography.
Philippe 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, was nominated, and won multiple awards.
Born in Toulon, Philippe Cousteau first dove with an aqua-lung in 1945 when he was 4 years old. His father brought home a miniature version of the aqua-lung he had co-invented a few years before. Though Philippe had not yet learned to swim, he followed his father into the water. Growing up, he spent each school vacation aboard his father’s ship, RV Calypso.
As a teenager, he began to feel the drive to explore. While his father had pursued the horizon on the sea, Philippe 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.
Philippe spent two years in the French Navy during the Algerian war as a sonar operator and member of the landing party of the Le Normand ship, later earning his degree in science, spent another year at MIT, and then went to Paris to train in cinematography, graduating from I'École technique de photographie et de cinéma (now called École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière) in Paris.
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