The American Society of Cinematographers has welcomed Dereck Joubert as a new member.
The wildlife cinematographer’s credits include Emmy award-winning work for Reflections on Elephants, Great Migrations and Eye of the Leopard.
His other credits include Okavango: River of Dream, Birth of a Pride: Lion Conservation,The Last Lions and Big Cat Odyssey.
The ASC said: “Botswana-based wildlife filmmaker Dereck Joubert ASC was born in Johannesburg and earned a degree in ecology at the University of the Witwatersrand.
“His early work as a wildlife ranger in South African reserves sparked a lasting interest in lion behaviour, and he is also an author, conservationist and National Geographic explorer-at-large.
“His older brother, artist and conservationist Keith Joubert, has been a lifelong inspiration, and AC magazine and the 1980 American Cinematographer Manual proved invaluable resources when he decided to try his hand at filmmaking.
“With his wife, Beverly, he has co-produced more than 40 films for National Geographic; he serves as writer and cinematographer, she as sound recordist. In 2017, the couple survived a near-fatal Cape buffalo attack in Botswana’s Okavango Delta.”
Joubert follows other recent new members Claudia Raschke ASC and Alicia Robbins ASC in joining the organisation.
