Nat Geo orders a Jacques Cousteau documentary

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National Geographic will explore the life of the famed ocean explorer in a documentary film form Emmy-winning director Liz Garbus. "As a little girl, I watched Jacques Cousteau in wonder and amazement every Sunday night,” said Garbus. “He brought cameras into a strange, wild and beautiful world few had ever seen, and nobody else had ever filmed before. He inspired me to dream and imagine my own unseen worlds."