Liz Garbus on Her Toronto Doc ‘Becoming Cousteau’
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variety.comAddie Morfoot ContributorNational Geographic first approached Liz Garbus at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival about directing a documentary focused on French sea explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Garbus, who grew up watching David Wolper’s ABC series “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau,” was intrigued. So, for the next four years she and her production team researched the iconic oceanographer, filmmaker and conservationist.
Then in 2019, after years of negotiating, the Cousteau Society granted the Oscar-nominated director exclusive access to a treasure trove of never-before-seen archival video and audio footage, which allowed Garbus to create the intimate, engaging doc that she originally intended upon.
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