Dereck Joubert
Directing
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
As actor 10
On the crew 36
Nature
1982
Mara: Rebirth
2025
Big Cat Week Collection
2010
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
2020
Game of Lions
2013
Rooted
2018
Okavango: River of Dreams
2019
Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000
The Last Lions
2011
Jade Eyed Leopard
2020
The Way of the Cheetah
2022
Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas
1992
Relentless Enemies: Revealed
2022
Eye of the Leopard
2006
Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo
2006
Ultimate Enemies: Revealed
2022
Soul of The Cat
2017
Okavango: River of Dreams - Director's Cut
2020
Living With Big Cats: Revealed
2022
Lions Of Darkness
1993
Eternal Enemies: Revealed
2022
Ultimate Enemies: Elephants and Lions
2003
National Geographic: Lion Warriors
2010
Eye of the Leopard: Revealed
2022
Reflections on Elephants
1994
Pumas: Legends of the Ice Mountains
2021
Tribe vs Pride
2017
Big Cat Odyssey
2010
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991
National Geographic : Trois lions dans la nuit
2002
Journey to the Forgotten River
1990
Big Cat Odyssey: Revealed
2022
The Unlikely Leopard
2012
National Geographic: The Filmmakers
1999
Soul of the Elephant
2015
Birth of a Pride
2018