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Filmmaker · South Africa

Jamie Uys

Died in 1996

Jamie Uys was born on 30 May 1921 in Boksburg. After a year in the mine and a science degree at the University of Pretoria, he taught with his wife, Hettie van Rooyen, then settled as a farmer in the Bushveld, where he shot his first film, in 1951, with a second-hand camera. He wrote, directed, edited and produced most of his films, first with his brother Jok, then with the company Mimosa Films, and a wildlife documentary won him a Golden Globe in 1974. He died in Johannesburg on 29 January 1996.

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