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 304,532 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Jamie Uys is the 855th most popular film director (down from 567th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 47th in 2019) and the most popular South African Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jamie Uys by language

Over the past year Jamie Uys has had the most page views in the with 43,689 views, followed by French (5,107), and Spanish (3,798). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (138.98%), Bulgarian (71.19%), and Low Saxon (42.93%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jamie Uys ranks 855 out of 2,041. Before him are Raymond Bernard, Cristian Mungiu, Ronald Neame, Steven Knight, Hasse Ekman, and Phillip Noyce. After him are Gregory Hoblit, Jan Němec, Krsto Papić, J. A. Bayona, Ronny Yu, and Jean Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jamie Uys ranks 244. Before him are Ernst Haas, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Jack Kramer, Tore Sjöstrand, Mustafa Ben Halim, and Rodney Dangerfield. After him are Ken Adam, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Betty Hutton, Manny Ayulo, and Jack Clayton. Among people deceased in 1996, Jamie Uys ranks 182. Before him are Rob Hall, George Kojac, Veronica Guerin, Eno Raud, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Andrey Lukanov. After him are Alger Hiss, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, José Sasía, Abdullah Çatlı, Lydia Chukovskaya, and Camilla Horn.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Jamie Uys ranks 83 out of 454. Before him are Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo (1868), Laurens van der Post (1906), Nico Diederichs (1903), Koos de la Rey (1847), Louis Raymond (1895), and Piet Retief (1780). After him are Helen Suzman (1917), J. G. Strijdom (1893), Claude Chevalley (1909), Rudolph Lewis (1887), Basil van Rooyen (1939), and Breyten Breytenbach (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Africa

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

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Filmography

Animals Are Beautiful People
Director
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 and Okavango Delta. It was produced for cinema and has a length of slightly more than 90 minutes.
Jan 31o 19747.552 / 10
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Director
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.
Sep 10o 19807.231 / 10
The Gods Must Be Crazy II
Director
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.
Jul 1o 19897 / 10