Dereck Joubert
24 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Mar 3, 1956 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg, South Africa
Biography
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
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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
Known for
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★ 7.2 The Last Lions
2011 · Film
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★ 8.3 Eye of the Leopard
2006 · Film
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★ 5.9 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000 · Film
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★ 8.0 Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006 · Film
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★ 8.2 Okavango: River of Dreams
2019 · TV
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★ 9.0 Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
1992 · Film
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★ 7.0 Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
2020 · TV
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★ 9.0 Birth of a Pride
2018 · Film
Dereck Joubert: movies and TV shows
Acting (3)
- 2018 Birth of a Pride
as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 Soul of The Cat
as Narrator (voice)
- 1982
Behind the camera (36)
- 2025
- 2022 Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
Producer, Director, Writer
- 2022 Eternal Enemies: Revealed
Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
- 2022 Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
Director, Writer
- 2022 Relentless Enemies: Revealed
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2022 Living With Big Cats: Revealed
Writer, Director
- 2022 Big Cat Odyssey: Revealed
Director, Writer
- 2022 The Way of the Cheetah
Producer
- 2021 Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
Writer, Producer
- 2020 Jade Eyed Leopard
Director, Writer
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018 Birth of a Pride
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
- 2018
- 2017 Tribe vs Pride
Writer, Director
- 2017 Soul of The Cat
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
- 2015 Soul of the Elephant
Director, Writer
- 2013 Game of Lions
Producer, Director, Writer
- 2012 The Unlikely Leopard
Director, Writer
- 2011 The Last Lions
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2010 National Geographic: Lion Warriors
Executive Producer
- 2010 Big Cat Odyssey
Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- 2010
- 2006 Eye of the Leopard
Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2006 Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
Director of Photography, Director, Writer
- 2003 Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 2002
- 2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
Director, Producer, Story, Director of Photography, Screenplay
- 1999 National Geographic: The Filmmakers
Director of Photography
- 1994 Reflections on Elephants
Director
- 1993 Lions Of Darkness
Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer
- 1992 Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1991 Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1990 Journey to the Forgotten River
Director, Writer
- 1982
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2015