Dereck Joubert
Known for
Directing
Born
March 3, 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
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
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
Best known work
The Last Lions
2011
Nature
1982
Eye of the Leopard
2006
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
Big Cat Odyssey
2010
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
1992
Okavango: River of Dreams
2019
Rooted
2018Filmography
2025
2022
Eternal Enemies: RevealedDirector of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer
2022
Eye of the Leopard: RevealedDirector, Producer, Writer
2022
Ultimate Enemies: Revealedas Self, Director, Writer
2022
Relentless Enemies: RevealedWriter, Director, Producer
2022
Living With Big Cats: Revealedas Self, Director, Writer
2022
Big Cat Odyssey: Revealedas Self, Writer, Director
2022
The Way of the CheetahProducer
2021
Pumas: Legends of the Ice MountainsWriter, Producer
2020
Jade Eyed LeopardDirector, Writer
2020
2020
2019
2018
Birth of a Prideas Narrator (voice), Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Director
2018
2017
Tribe vs PrideWriter, Director
2017
Soul of The Catas Narrator (voice), Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
2015
Soul of the Elephantas Himself - Narrator, Director, Writer
2015
Blood Lionsas Himself
2013
Game of LionsProducer, Director, Writer
2012
The Unlikely LeopardWriter, Director
2011
The Last LionsDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
2010
National Geographic: Lion WarriorsExecutive Producer
2010
Big Cat Odysseyas Self, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
2010