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| Beverly and Dereck Joubert won the Granada Award for Animal Behaviour for “Eye of the Leopard” at the 2008 Panda Awards. The awards were handed out on 22 October 2008 at this year’s Wildscreen Film Festival in Bristol, England.
In it’s 26th year, the awards are regarded as the most prestigious in the natural history filmmaking calendar. Over 420 entries were received this year.
The Jouberts said they are ecstatic about this latest award. “Having spent almost three years with Lagadema, Eye of the Leopard is a film that is very close to our hearts. This little leopard has become an ambassador for all other cats around the world.”
Earlier this month (11 October 2008), the Jouberts were also honoured with the 2008 World Ecology Award at the University of Missouri – St. Louis.
The World Ecology Award is presented by the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center. The award recognizes eminent individuals who have raised public awareness of global ecological issues and made significant contributions to environmental protection and biodiversity conservation.
Previous winners of the World Ecology Award include Dr. Richard Leakey, Conservation International, HRH Prince Charles and Dr. Jane Goodall.
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| COMMUNICATION ARTS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION
Beverly Joubert has received the 2007 Award of Excellence at the 48th Communication Arts Annual Photographic Exhibition held in the United States.
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LATEST FILM RELEASE - LIVING WITH BIG CATS
This intimate story is about the relationship between two passionate filmmakers and the big apex predators they have worked with. Dereck and Beverly Joubert, filmmakers, researchers and National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence have worked with lions in Botswana for over 25 years trying to discover as much as they can about these big cats.
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Aspen Film Festival – Colorado, USA -
The successful screening of Living With Big Cats, a few days before its premiere broadcast on National Geographic Channel, won People’s Choice, Best Documentary 2007 at the Aspen Film Festival. |
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September 2007 - 28th Academy of Arts and Science, EMMY Awards Ceremony,
Monday 24th Sept.
Last night in a gala ceremony in the New York, Sheraton Hotel, among the journalism and documentary industry's leading personalities, Eye of the Leopard and its producers, Dereck and Beverly Joubert were honoured as winners of an Emmy Award for Best Science, technology and Nature film on television for the year.
They accepted their award in front of a thousand invitees that included the likes of Katie Couric, Ted Knoppel, Dan Rather and Jon Stewart.
The film was shot over a period of three years, using the finest High Definition imaging equipment, by Dereck and Beverly to enable them to capture the details of this intimate story of a young leopard as she survives the trials and tribulations of growing up in one of the world's most wild and truly natural wildernesses, the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
Afterwards the Jouberts spoke of their concern for the survival of leopards worldwide and all big cats in general. This is the couple's fifth Emmy award for their work in Africa. |
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| September 2007 - Eye of the Leopard in the awards again
Eye of the Leopard, has two Emmy nominations this year, it has won the Jules Verne Festival in Paris, nominated at Jackson Hole for Best writing, and now this in from Italy...
"The Municipality of Cogne prize at the Valle d'Aosta International nature film Festival, awarded Eye of the Leopard the Golden Ibex trophy. The technical jury awarded your film this prize for its spectacular photography composed of many predations and for its animal behaviour.
In addition Eye of the Leopard has also won the junior popular jury trophy. In other words children of our city, between the ages of 9 to 13 voted your film best of all films this year!
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| Jules Verne Awards winning films
April 21, Paris.
The Jury chaired by Academy Award Winning Director, Claude Lelouch, has presented Dereck and Bervely Joubert (Botswana) with the Jules Verne Nature Award for The Eye of the Leopard in the Nature Film category.
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Washington D.C
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ANNOUNCES NEW EXPLORERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Five Pioneers Personify Diverse World of Exploration
WASHINGTON (May 2, 2006)—Drawing from the fields of genetics, documentary filmmaking, bio-geography and conservation, the National Geographic Society has selected five outstanding individuals with unparalleled experience and visionary projects as its 2006 Explorers-in-Residence. Their tenure kicks off in early May with a launch event gathering EIRs past and present at National Geographic headquarters.
National Geographic’s Explorer-in-Residence Program enhances its long-standing relationships with some of the world’s preeminent explorers and scientists. The groundbreaking discoveries of these explorers, drawn from a diverse range of fields, generate the kind of critical scientific information, conservation-related initiatives and compelling stories that are the trademark of the Society. Explorers-in-Residence develop programs that demonstrate their special talents and as well as carrying out fieldwork supported by the Society and conducted under its banner.
Explorers-in-Residence for 2006 are bio-geographer and author Jared Diamond, documentary filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, explorer and conservationist J. Michael Fay and evolutionary geneticist Spencer Wells.
“In our modern era of global commerce, technological advancement and instantaneous communication channels, many may wonder what is left to explore,” notes Terry Garcia, National Geographic’s executive vice president for Mission Programs. “These inspired leaders in their fields prove that there is more than enough mystery, adventure and wonder left in the world.”
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Relentless Enemies; Lions and Buffalo, wins a Panda Award
Bristol (October 2006) Relentless Enemies; Lions and Buffalo, wins a Panda Award at Bristol’s Wildscreen Film Festival. After nominations for best cinematography, animal behaviour and sound, the film won Best Sound for Beverly’s work, and adds to her two Emmy awards for sound on other films.
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| Eye of the Leopard premiered on the National Geographic Channel |
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| Washington (October 2006) Eye of the Leopard premiered on the National Geographic Channel in October to enthusiastic reviews, and rolls out into international territories in December (UK, Africa, Europe) and March (New Zealand, Australia) and continues to air in the USA. [ Dvd’s now available on this website ] |
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| Recently completed: Killer Pride, a National Geographic magazine article in September 2006, about the lions of Duba Island in Botswana. |
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April 2006 will see an article on LEOPARDS in the National Geographic Magazine covering the subject of Eye of the Leopard.
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| The just released book, Relentless Enemies: Lions and Buffalo, also by National Geographic Press has come out in November 2006, with 5,000 copies being sold in the first week! |
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| They have returned to the field to begin two new projects in Botswana. |
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