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Jamie Uys
Writer 1921 - 1996

Jamie Uys

Boksburg, South Africa

​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.

Filmography

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5 titles
The Gods Must Be Crazy II

The Gods Must Be Crazy II

Jamie Uys 1989 1h 38m 6.7

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.

Funny People 2

Funny People 2

Jamie Uys 1983 1h 35m

More candid camera pranks.

The Gods Must Be Crazy

The Gods Must Be Crazy

Jamie Uys 1980 1h 49m 7.5

Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western "civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical despot.

Funny People

Funny People

Jamie Uys, Kobus Kruger 1976 1h 30m 6.0

A series of very early public pranks staged in South Africa, with some clearly being faked with the use of actors and impossible to catch on the fly camera moves and insert shots.

Animals Are Beautiful People

Animals Are Beautiful People

Jamie Uys 1974 1h 32m 8.0

Hilarious documentary on the wildlife of the Namib Desert.

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