Richard Poplak is a Jewish, Johannesburg-based South African author, journalist and film maker who focuses on corporate criminality, race and equity issues.

[1] He is the co-director of Influence documentary about corruption in South Africa.

[2][3] He studied fine art and film making at Concordia University.

[4] Poplak is the author of the 2011 journalistic comic book Kenk: A Graphic Portrait.

[2] Poplak's book Ja No Man made the 2008 Alan Paton Non-Fiction prize long list[12] and the Now (newspaper) Top 10 books of 2007.