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Jamie Uys

Director · 32 credits · 7 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

Frequent collaborators: Johan Du Plooy, Hettie Uys, Bill Brewer, Bob Courtney, Willie Herbst

Directed movies (18 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Gods Must Be Crazy

    1980 · ★ 7.3 (1,323 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    1

  2. The Gods Must Be Crazy II

    1989 · ★ 7.1 (562 votes)

    Action, Comedy

    2

  3. Animals Are Beautiful People

    1974 · ★ 7.5 (77 votes)

    Comedy, Documentary, Family

    3

  4. Dirkie

    1969 · ★ 7.1 (14 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    4

  5. Hans en die Rooinek

    1961 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    5

  6. The Professor and the Beauty Queen

    1967

    Comedy

    6

  7. Dingaka

    1964 · ★ 6.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Action

    7

  8. All the Way to Paris

    1966 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    8

  9. Funny People II

    1983 · ★ 5.6 (4 votes)

    Comedy

    9

  10. Funny People

    1976 · ★ 5.5 (10 votes)

    Comedy

    10

  11. Lord Uncle Pete

    1962 · ★ 6.5 (1 votes)

    Comedy

    11

  12. Far Away in the Bushveld

    1951 · ★ 5.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy

    12

  13. Deep in the City

    1954

    13

  14. Doodkry is Min

    1961

    14

  15. Geld Soos Bossies

    1955

    15

  16. Die Bosvelder

    1958

    16

  17. 50-50

    1953

    Comedy

    17

  18. Jabulani Afrika

    1958

    Documentary, Music

    18

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.