Dereck Joubert
Dereck Joubert is a South African-born filmmaker, author, conservationist and National Geographic explorer-in-residence based in Botswana. He is also the brother of well known South African artist and conservationist Keith Joubert.
He has been filming, researching and exploring Africa for over 35 years with his wife, Beverly Joubert. The couple have made over 40 films for National Geographic, with a strong focus on iconic species like big cats and elephants
Joubert is the CEO of Great Plains Conservation. With lodges and tented camps in Kenya, Botswana and Zimbabwe, the company returns large tracts of land to nature through conservation tourism and community programs
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Films (31)
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022 · Producer, Director, Writer
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Self, Director, Writer
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022 · Director, Writer, Producer
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022 · Self, Writer, Director
Big Cat Odyssey: Revealed
2022 · Self, Director, Writer
The Way of the Cheetah
2022 · Producer
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
2021 · Writer, Producer
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020 · Director, Writer
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut
2020 · Director
Birth of a Pride
2018 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
Tribe vs Pride
2017 · Writer, Director
Soul of The Cat
2017 · Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
Soul of the Elephant
2015 · Himself - Narrator, Director, Writer
Blood Lions
2015 · Himself
Game of Lions
2013 · Producer, Director, Writer
The Unlikely Leopard
2012 · Director, Writer
The Last Lions
2011 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
National Geographic: Lion Warriors
2010 · Executive Producer
Big Cat Odyssey
2010 · Self, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Eye of the Leopard
2006 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006 · Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
National Geographic : Trois lions dans la nuit
2002 · Director
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000 · Director, Producer, Story, Director of Photography, Screenplay
National Geographic: The Filmmakers
1999 · Self, Director of Photography
Reflections on Elephants
1994 · Director
National Geographic : Trois lions dans la nuit
1993 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
1992 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Journey to the Forgotten River
1990 · Director, Writer
Séries (6)
Mara: Rebirth
2025 · Director, Creator
Pumas, les seigneurs des Andes
2020 · Director
Okavango: River of Dreams
2019 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Creator
Le monde des arbres
2018 · Executive Producer
Big Cat Week Collection
2010 · Director, Creator
Nature
1982 · Narrator (voice), Producer, Writer, Director of Photography