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FILM DIRECTOR

Jamie Uys

1921 - 1996

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jamie Uys has received more than 308,866 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jamie Uys is the 568th most popular film director (up from 692nd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from South Africa (up from 66th in 2019) and the most popular South African Film Director.

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  • 52.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jamie Uys ranks 568 out of 1,581. Before him are James Gunn, Paul Greengrass, Jaco Van Dormael, Mika Kaurismäki, László Benedek, and Hal Roach. After him are Hong Sang-soo, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Ken Annakin, Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Solovyov, and John Glen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jamie Uys ranks 176. Before him are Guy Laroche, Walter Laqueur, Branko Stanković, Sena Jurinac, Erich Fried, and Robert Brown. After him are Jair da Rosa Pinto, Søren Kam, Michalina Wisłocka, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, Milorad Pavić, and Andrzej Munk. Among people deceased in 1996, Jamie Uys ranks 122. Before him are Petro Shelest, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Koichi Oita, J. R. Jayewardene, Rob Hall, and Jack Nance. After him are Chas Chandler, Hervé Bazin, Don Simpson, José Donoso, Amata Kabua, and Dondinho.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jamie Uys ranks 47 out of 374. Before him are John Vorster (1915), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Marais Viljoen (1915), Dingane kaSenzangakhona (1795), Manfred Mann (1940), and Rory Byrne (1944). After him are Dave Matthews (1967), Christiaan de Wet (1854), Glynis Johns (1923), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Marlene Dumas (1953), and Alice Krige (1954).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Africa

Among film directors born in South Africa, Jamie Uys ranks 1. After him are Roger Michell (1956), Neill Blomkamp (1979), Gavin Hood (1963), Tosca Musk (1974), and Jonathan Liebesman (1976).

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Filmography

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