My Father, the Captain

In every legend, there is a legacy. In the life and career of undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, that legacy beats in the heart of the sea and in the heart of his son, Jean-Michel, the noted French environmentalist, educator and documentary film producer who has spent most of his adult life nurturing the work of his famous father. In My Father, The Captain, Jean-Michel Cousteau takes an open and intimate look at the life he shared with his father, and the legend he has taken it upon himself to carry. In so doing, he hopes to shed new and meaningful light on the life and work of a man who inspired millions to reconsider our relationship with the sea and its creatures-and, in the process, to understand a little more about himself and his family as well. Captain Cousteau was a complicated man, the younger Cousteau writes. He was a man of many different personalities, many different moods. But this is how it is with all great men, yes? We know the public mask, but it is the private face that reveals a man’s true character. It is the man we know when the cameras are not filming. My Father, The Captain is shot-through with new material and fresh insight into the life and mind of a man who helped to jump-start a globa conservation effort that continues to flourish. Jean-Michel Cousteau an his collaborator, New York Times best-selling author Daniel Paisner, offe an intimate reappraisal of the many touchstone moments Jean-Michel share with his father, as well as the seminal moments from his father’s life tha have become part of the Cousteau family lore and legend.