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Jamie Uys

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Actor / Cinematographer | * 05/30/1921 († 74, 01/29/1996) | Boksburg (South Africa)
Jacobus Johannes Uys ( ayss; 30 May 1921 – 29 January 1996), better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director, best known for directing the 1980 comedy film The Gods Must Be Crazy and its 1989 sequel The Gods Must Be Crazy II. Uys also directed the 1974 documentary film Animals Are Beautiful People. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Action | Drama

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Hans and Sydney are on a bus tour to the Cape. Hans is Afrikaans; Sydney is English. They chat up two pretty young women - and also quarrel between themselves all the way. Finally the tour guide kicks ...

Hans en die Rooinek

Certification unknown

1961 | 4.5/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy
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A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods. ...

The Gods Must Be Crazy

PG

1980 | 3.6/5 | 1h 49min
Action, Comedy
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Animals Are Beautiful People (aka Beautiful People) is a 1974 nature documentary about the wildlife in Southern Africa. It was filmed in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango River an ...

Animals Are Beautiful People

Certification unknown

1974 | 3.9/5 | 1h 32min
Comedy, Documentary, Kids & Family
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A classic South African comedy in which a young Jamie Uys plays producer, writer, director and star, and his wife Hettie Uys the romantic interest. Somewhere in the bushveld, Hans Botha is doing the u ...

Far Away in the Bushveld

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.0/5 | 1h 1min
Comedy
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Movies with Jamie Uys as Actor(15)

as himself1994 In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as Bob (voice) (uncredited)1989 The Gods Must Be Crazy II
as The Reverend (uncredited)1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
as Himself / Various voices (uncredited)1976 Funny People
as Anton1969 Dirkie
as Professor Hans Botha1967 The Professor and the Beauty Queen
as Igor Strogoff1966 All the Way to Paris
as Witch Doctor (voice)1964 Dingaka
as Oom Piet1962 Lord Uncle Pete
as Hans Botha1961 Hans en die Rooinek
as Ernie Dobbs1961 The Hellions
as Rip van Wyk1960 Rip van Wyk
as Hans Botha1954 Deep in the City
1953 50-50
as Hans Botha1951 Far Away in the Bushveld

Movies with Jamie Uys as Crew(40)

Directing/Director1989 The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Writing/Screenplay1989 The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Directing/Director1983 Funny People II
Production/Producer1983 Funny People II
Writing/Writer1983 Funny People II
Camera/Director of Photography1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
Directing/Director1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
Editing/Editor1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
Production/Producer1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
Writing/Screenplay1980 The Gods Must Be Crazy
Directing/Director1976 Funny People
Production/Producer1976 Funny People
Writing/Writer1976 Funny People
Directing/Director1974 Animals Are Beautiful People
Writing/Writer1974 Animals Are Beautiful People
Directing/Director1969 Dirkie
Writing/Writer1969 Dirkie
Directing/Director1967 The Professor and the Beauty Queen
Production/Producer1967 The Professor and the Beauty Queen
Writing/Writer1967 The Professor and the Beauty Queen
Directing/Director1966 All the Way to Paris
Production/Producer1966 All the Way to Paris
Writing/Writer1966 All the Way to Paris
Directing/Director1964 Dingaka
Production/Producer1964 Dingaka
Writing/Writer1964 Dingaka
Directing/Director1962 Lord Uncle Pete
Production/Producer1962 Lord Uncle Pete
Writing/Writer1962 Lord Uncle Pete
Directing/Director1961 Hans en die Rooinek
Production/Producer1961 Hans en die Rooinek
Production/Producer1960 Keep The Shiny Side Face Up
Writing/Screenplay1960 Rip van Wyk
Directing/Director1954 Deep in the City
Production/Producer1954 Deep in the City
Directing/Director1953 50-50
Writing/Writer1953 50-50
Directing/Director1951 Far Away in the Bushveld
Production/Producer1951 Far Away in the Bushveld
Writing/Writer1951 Far Away in the Bushveld

Full Name: Jacobus Johannes Uys
Citizenship: South Africa
Born: Monday, 05/30 1921 (May) in Boksburg (South Africa)
Died: Monday, 01/29 1996 (January) in Johannesburg (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Jamie Uys frequently works together with these people:
Emil Nofal (8x, Crew)
Johan Du Plooy (5x, Actor)
Elmo De Witt (4x, Crew)
Bill Brewer (4x, Actor)
Paddy O'Byrne (4x, Actor)
Willie Herbst (4x, Cast)
Manie Botha (4x, Crew)
Daniel Riesenfeld (4x, Crew)
Boet Troskie (3x, Crew)
Arthur Swemmer (3x, Cast)
Dave Burman (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:271696, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024