Pippa Ehrlich

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Conservation journalist

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Pippa Ehrlich is a South African Academy Award and BAFTA winning director, filmmaker, and journalist.{{Cite web |title=My Octopus Teacher Director Reveals the Shocking Life of a Highly-Trafficked Animal in New Film (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/my-octopus-teacher-director-new-movie-pangolin-kulus-journey-trailer-11701417 |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=People.com |language=en}} She is best known for co-directing the 2020 documentary My Octopus Teacher.{{Cite news |title=My Octopus Teacher Director Helms New Documentary About the Endangered Pangolin |url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/pangolin-kulus-journey-release-date-news |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250428041942/https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/pangolin-kulus-journey-release-date-news |archive-date=2025-04-28 |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=Netflix Tudum |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Dollar |first=Steve |date=2021-04-08 |title=Amity with humanity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-amity-with-humanit/171373200/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=S13}} She also directed the 2025 documentary Pangolin: Kulu's Journey.{{Cite news |last=Catsoulis |first=Jeannette |date=2025-04-21 |title='Pangolin: Kulu's Journey' Review: Emotional Rescue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/movies/pangolin-kulus-journey-review.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Cairns |first=Rebecca |date=2025-04-24 |title=Oscar-winning director reveals the secret lives of pangolins |url=https://www.cnn.com/world/pippa-ehrlich-pangolins-kulus-journey-cte-hnk-spc/index.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=CNN |language=en}} Her work focuses on stories surrounding conservation, science and the relationship between humans and the natural world.{{Cite web |last=Rooney |first=David |date=2025-04-16 |title='Pangolin: Kulu's Journey' Review: 'My Octopus Teacher' Director Delivers Another Heart-Tugging Study of Man and Nature |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/pangolin-kulus-journey-review-netflix-nature-doc-1236191607/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

She is also a part of the Sea Change Project. She edited a photography book titled Sea Change: Primal Joy and the Art of Underwater Tracking.{{Cite web |title=Pippa Ehrlich |url=https://seachangeproject.com/team-member/pippa-ehrlich/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Sea Change Project |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Angelique |date=2021-04-07 |title=UTA Signs 'My Octopus Teacher' Filmmaker, Oscar Nominee Pippa Ehrlich (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/pippa-ehrlich-my-octopus-teacher-uta-1234945301/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}