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Jamie Uys

Jamie Uys

Directing

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jacobus Johannes Uys (30 May 1921 – 29 January 1996), better known as Jamie Uys, was a South African film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Uys, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Gods Must Be Crazy
7.3

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

1980
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
7.1

Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

1989
The Hellions
6.7

Luke Billings (Lionel Jeffries) and his family have a problem with the new police sergeant Sam Hargis (Richard Todd) so they take over a small Transvaal town with the attention of drawing Hargis into a showdown. Hargis tries to get back up from the townsfolk who do not want to know, so is forced to lay low. As things get out of hand one of the Billings boys takes an interest in the storekeeper's wife, Priss Dobbs (Anne Aubrey). Having had enough her husband, Ernie (Jamie Uys) takes up the gun and heads down the main street alone. An act that prompts Hargis to join him. Slowly, the townsfolk turn up to back them up.

The Hellions

1961
In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
8.0

A documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's historical relationship with apartheid.

In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid

1994
Animals Are Beautiful People
7.5

Animals Are Beautiful People (also called Beautiful People) is a 1974 South African nature documentary written, produced, directed, filmed and edited by Jamie Uys, about the wildlife in Southern Africa, presented with comedic elements. It was filmed in the Namib Desert, the Kalahari Desert and at the Okavango River and Okavango Delta. It was the recipient of the 1974 Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film. The film, a critical and commercial success, was independently made by Uys, also known for his later African comedy The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980).

Animals Are Beautiful People

1974
Dirkie
7.2

An 8-year-old boy and his dog are left to face a vast desert wasteland alone after a plane crash, while an army of men and machines penetrate the desert searching for them. Based on true events.

Dirkie

1969
All the Way to Paris
8.0

When the Russian and American delegates at a global peace conference can't compromise on a conflict, they find themselves tricked into settling the matter with a walking race from Athens to Paris, having hilarious misadventures along the way.

All the Way to Paris

1966
Dingaka
7.3

An African tribesman seeks revenge against the people who murdered his daughter.

Dingaka

1964
Far Away in the Bushveld
6.3

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 usual farm rounds when his friend and neighbour comes around with an urgent request: please collect the new teacher at the bus stop. The shy Hans is alarmed, saying he does not know how to talk to women. Prevailed on nevertheless, Hans sets off in his old jalopy, which for good measure has no brakes. He eventually arrives at the bus stop, where the teacher, Martie, is waiting patiently. She is pretty and young and the already flustered Hans proceeds to flatten her hatbox, allow the car to run off with her, and dump her in the river. By the time Hans says goodbye, Martie is angry and he is in love

Far Away in the Bushveld

1951
Funny People
6.0

What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you’d known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you’re busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter and hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind?

Funny People

1976
The Professor and the Beauty Queen
10.0

Pietergrhamesbosch has it firts beauty contest "miss south easter" with a total sum of 25000 rand.

The Professor and the Beauty Queen

1967
Hans en die Rooinek
9.0

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 them off, forcing the two men to walk back to Johannesburg hoping that, despite the language barrier, they can finally get along.

Hans en die Rooinek

1961
Geld Soos Bossies
N/A

Two brothers go from job to job, determined to make their fortune.

Geld Soos Bossies

1955
Rip van Wyk
N/A

Rip van Wyk, a slow-witted Afrikaner, is transported from the 1850s to 1959.

Rip van Wyk

1960
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N/A

Two men, one English and one Afrikaans, apply for bus tickets with the intention of going on a trip and to spend that trip not relaxing but getting in each other's faces.

50-50

1953
Funny People II
6.3

"Funny People" is packed with scenes which will make you double up with laughter! What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you'd known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you're busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind? Then there is the case of the bank note sticking out from under the wheel of a car. People will always be human and no-one will walk past without trying to pull it out, even if the mudguard comes off or the hooter suddenly starts blowing. The antics to get this note out will make you laugh until tears roll down your cheeks!

Funny People II

1983
Lord Uncle Pete
7.8

Piet inherits the title of Lord from one of his forefathers, but wants to have it revoked as to not hamper his chances in the upcoming election. However, the only man who can revoke the title is his opponent, Sir David.

Lord Uncle Pete

1962
Satanskoraal
N/A

The film's plot revolves around a rich playboy and an expert in coral who helps scientists to discover chunks of coral missing off the Mozambican coast

Satanskoraal

1959
Doodkry is Min
N/A

The story about the evolution of the Afrikaans-language.

Doodkry is Min

1961
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N/A

"Alter egos and mirror images are eminent in this tale of woe and success starring the irrepressible Al Debbo in his prime. Klaas Haasbroek is a successful toy tester but is unable to convince his bosses that it is his uncanny predictive abilities that are responsible for the success of their products. His bosses, believing that it is his colleague Herman Engelbrecht who is doing all the good work, fire Klaas. It is now that Klaas´s mirror image begins motivating him." (Vetseun.co.za)

Keep The Shiny Side Face Up

1960