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Jacques Mayol (1 April 1927 – 22 December 2001) was a French diver and the holder of many world records in free diving. The 1988 film The Big Blue, directed by Luc Besson, was inspired by his life story and that of his friend, Enzo Maiorca.
Dolphin Man draws us into the world of Jacques Mayol, capturing his compelling journey and immersing viewers into the sensory and transformative experience of free-diving. Jacques Mayol , was the first man in the world to descend to 100 meters (330 feet), a feat he accomplished in 1976.
Jacques Mayol, né le 1er avril 1927 à Shanghai, en Chine, et mort le 22 décembre 2001 à Capoliveri, sur l' île d'Elbe, en Italie, est un plongeur apnéiste français .
Dec 26, 2001 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. Jacques Mayol, the legendary breath-hold or free diver whose feats were chronicled in director Luc Besson’s 1988 film “The Big Blue,” has died of an apparent suicide. He was...
THE FILM. Discover the story and legacy of Jacques Mayol, the legendary free-diver whose life became the inspiration for Luc Besson's cult-movie The Big Blue. Dolphin Man draws us into the world of Jacques Mayol, capturing his compelling journey and immersing viewers into the sensory and transformative experience of free-diving.
It is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion free divers in the 20th century: Jacques Mayol (played by Jean-Marc Barr) and Enzo Maiorca (renamed "Enzo Molinari" and played by Jean Reno), and Mayol's fictionalized relationship with his girlfriend Johana Baker ...
Nov 30, 2021 · Mayol was eight times no limits world champion between 1966 and 1983. In 1981, Mayol also set a world record of 61m in the constant weight discipline, using the power of his fins to dive and after that return to the surface. His notorious record was sealed in 1976, when he broke the 100m obstruction with a no limits dive to 101m off Elba, Italy.
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