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Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away

Date
29 Jan 1996
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away

Johannes Jacobus Uys, more popularly known as Jamie Uys, was an internationally acclaimed South African film director who made 24 films. Prizes for his work included the 1981 Grand Prix at the Festival International du Film de Comedy Vevey for 'The Gods Must be Crazy' and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association award for best documentary in 1974 for 'Beautiful People'. 'The Gods Must be Crazy' enjoyed three years of uninterrupted screening in the United States of America. Jamie Uys passed away on 29 January 1996, Johannesburg, South Africa from a heart attack.

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  1. 01Hull, T., Jamie Uys biography, from Internet Movie Database, [online], Available at www.imdb.com [Accessed: 23 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2014, January 23). Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096896

South African History Online (2014) 'Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away', South African History Online, 23 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096896 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).

South African History Online, Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096896, (accessed 7 August 2026).

"Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away." South African History Online, 23 Jan. 2014, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096896. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Film producer, Jamie Uys passes away." South African History Online. January 23, 2014. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0096896.

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