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Career Schuster began working for the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1975. During his time at the SABC, Leon created the Afrikaans radio series Vrypostige Mikrofoon with Fanus Rautenbach– where he would disguise his voice and take the mickey out of unsuspecting victims.

Music In 1982, Leon was approached by Decibel Records to compile a series of sports songs and his first record, Leon Schuster sold 100,000 units. His second album Broekskeur sold in excess of 40,000 units and this was followed by Briekdans and Leon Schuster – 20 Treffers which sold in excess of 270,000 copies.
His hit CD Hier Kom Die Bokke garnered an FNB Sama Music Award for Biggest Selling CD of 1995. His following CD, Gatvol in Paradise, sold in more than 125,000 units and gave rise to the unofficial Gauteng anthem, Gautengeling.

SOUTH AFRICAN MOVIES

Leon Ernest "Schuks" Schuster (born May 21, 1951) is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, presenter and singer.
Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age. As children he and his brother would play practical jokes on his family and film these with an old home movie camera.Schuster studied for a BA degree at the University of the Orange Free State and spent two years teaching at a high school in Bloemfontein.
Early life Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age. As children he and his brother would play practical jokes on his family and film these with an old home movie camera.Schuster studied for a BA degree at the University of the Orange Free State and spent two years teaching at a high school in Bloemfontein.

Mr Kingstreet's War

John Saxon, Tippi Hedren

Die Voortrekkers

Snip en Rissiepit

Films Schuster's first feature, You Must Be Joking! produced in collaboration with Johan Scholtz and Elmo de Witt became popular with South African audiences and it gave rise to the sequel You Must be Joking! Too.These films were candid camera sketches and Schuster made many more of these films as well as slap-stick films, the most notable of which was Mr Bones. The film emerged as the most successful Schuster film of all time, earning more that R33 million at the South African box office.

1916
*De Voortrekkers*	Harold Shaw	Dick Cruickshanks, Goba			*South Africa's white supremacist Birth of a Nation* depicts Boer pioneers' northward expansion**

1951
*Alles sal Regkom*	Pierre de Wet	Al Debbo	Afrikaans
*Daar doer in die bosveld*	Jamie Uys		Afrikaans
1952
*Altyd in my drome*	Pierre de Wet	Al Debbo	Afrikaans

1974
*Animals Are Beautiful People*	Jamie Uys	Paddy O'Byrne	English
*Boesman and Lena*	Ross Devenish	Athol Fugard
*Dans van die Flamink*
*Dooie Duikers deel nie*
*Funeral for an Assassin*	Ivan Hall	Vic Morrow	English
*Ongewenste Vreemdeling*
*Pens en Pootjies*	Dirk de Villiers, Joe Stewardson	Afrikaans

1977
**Karate Olympiad/Kill or Be Killed**	James Ryan (actor)
*Tigers Don't Cry*	Anthony Quinn, Simon Sabela	Thriller

1980
*The Gods Must Be Crazy*	Jamie Uys	N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Louw Verwey		English, Afrikaans, Juǀʼhoan, Ungwatsi
*Kiepie en Kandas*	Jan Scholtz
*Marigolds in August*	Ross Devenish		Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
1981
*Kill and Kill Again*	Ivan Hall	James Ryan, Anneline Kriel
*My Country My Hat*	David Bensusan	Regardt van den Bergh
*Nommer Asseblief*	Henk Hugo
1982
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1983
*Funny People II*	Jamie Uys
*Wolhaarstories*	Bromley Cawood	Leon Schuster
Geel Trui vir ´n Wenner	Franz Marx	Ben Kruger, Ray Storm, Claudia Turgas, Deon van Zyl, Dulsie van den Bergh
1984
*You're in the Movies*	Emil Nofal
1985
King Solomon's Mines	J. Lee Thompson	Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom,
*Nag van Vrees*	Jim Murray, Stanley Roup
*Skating on Thin Uys*	Pieter-Dirk Uys	Pieter-Dirk Uys,
*Vyfster: Die Slot*	Sias Odendaal	Patrick Mynhardt
*Wie Die Laaste Lag*	Koos Roets
*You Gotta Be Crazy*	Emil Nofal	Bill Flynn, Amanda Forrow
1986
*Jock of the Bushveld*	Gray Hofmeyr	Jocelyn Broderick, Michael Brunner
*Liewe Hemel Genis*	William Egan
*Mountain of Hell*	David Bensusan
*Outlaw of Gor*	John Cardos
*Place of Weeping*	Darrell Roodt
*You Must Be Joking!*	Elmo De Witt	Rina Hugo, Carike Keuzenkamp, Kallie Knoetze,
1987
*Across the Rubicon*
*An African Dream*
*Kill Slade*	Bruce MacFarlane
*Murphy's Fault*	Robert Smawley
*No Hard Feelings*	Charles Norton
*Nukie*	Sias Odendal, Michael Pakleppa
*Operation Hit Squad*	Tonie van der Merwe
*Platoon Leader*	Aaron Norris
*Die Posman*	Anthony Wilson
*Tenth of A Second*	Darrell Roodt
*Tusks*	Tara Moore
*Wereld Sonder Grense*	Frans Nel	Scot Scott
*White Ghost*	Beau Davis
*You Must Be Joking! Too*	Leon Schuster, Lizz Meiring
1988
*Alien from L.A.*	Albert Pyun
*Accidents*	Gidi Amir
*Act of Piracy*
*Any Man's Death*
*A Private Life (Jack & Stella)*	Francis Gerard	Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers
*Fiela se Kind*	Katinka Heyns	Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Dalene Matthee
*Laser Mission*	Robbie Simpson
*Last Samurai*	Paul Mayersburg
*Let the Music Be*	Frans Nel
*Love Me Leave Me*	Alan Birkinshaw, Charles Mariott
*Lucky Strikes Back*	Joe Stewardson	Lucky Dube
*Mapantsula*	Oliver Schmitz		Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
*The Most Dangerous Woman Alive*	Chris Marnham
*Nightslave*	John Parr
*Options*	Camilo Vila
*Out on Bail*	Brian Hessler, Gordon Hessler
*Paradise Road (Traitors)*	Jan Scholtz
*Quest for Love*	Helen Nogueira	Jana Cilliers, Sandra Prinsloo
*Space Mutiny*	David Winters	Cameron Mitchell	Considered one of the best spoofs on Mystery Science Theater 3000
*Terminal Bliss*	Jordan Alan
*Thrilled to Death*	Chuck Vincent
*Van der Merwe P.I.*	Regardt van den Bergh	Anneline Kriel, Regardt van den Bergh
*Whispers*	Robert Bergman
*You're Famous*	Yehuda Barkan		Israeli co-production
*The Zambezi Kid*	Denis Scully
1989
*Africa Express*
*Killer Instinct*	*David Lister*	*Joanna Weinberg*
*Lambarene*	*Gray Hofmeyr*
*The Gods Must Be Crazy II*	*Jamie Uys*
*The Native Who caused all the Trouble*	*Manie van Rensburg*
*Odd Ball Hall*	*Jackson Hunsicker*
**Oh Schucks!...!Here Comes UNTAG**	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
*Oh Schucks.... It's Schuster!*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
*Okavango (Wild Country)*	*Wayne Crawford, Danie Odendaal,*
*On the Wire*	*Elaine Proctor*
*Prey for the Hunter*	*John Parr*
*That Englishwoman*	*Dirk de Villiers*	*Veronica Lang*
*Voices in the Dark*	*Vincent Cox*	*Lucky Dube*
*Warriors from Hell*	*Ronnie Isaacs*
*Windprints*	*David Wicht*	*Marius Weyers*

1990
*Agter elke man*		*Steve Hofmeyr en Dulcie van den Bergh*
*Circles in a Forest*	*Regardt van den Bergh*	*Ian Bannen, Brion James and Joe Stewardson*
1991
*A.W.O.L.*
*The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger*
1992
*Sweet 'n Short*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
1993
*Friends*	*Elaine Proctor*		*Entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival*
*There's a Zulu on my Stoep*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
1994

1995
*Cry, The Beloved Country*			*Based on a novel by Alan Paton*
1996
*Anna*
1997
*Danger Zone*		*Billy Zane, Robert Downey Junior*	*US and CAN*
*Amnesty*
*Panic Mechanic*	*Leon Schuster*
1998
*African Violet*
*Paljas*	*Katinka Heyns*		*5 MNET All-Africa Film Awards, South African submission to 70th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film*
*Sweepers*		*Dolph Lundgren*	*Set in a mine in Angola.*
1999
*Aces*
*Africa*
*After the Rain*
*Millennium menace*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
*The Man Who Would Kill Kitchener*	*François Verster*		*Biography of Fritz Joubert Duquesne. 1999 NTVA Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award*

2000
*Angels in a Cage*		*Jeremy Crutchley, Sylvaine Strike*
*Apostles of Civilised Vice*
*Hijack Stories*	*Oliver Schmitz*		*Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival*
*Glory Glory*		*Paul Johannsen, Steven Bauer, Amanda Donohoe, Gideon Emery, Ana Alexander*
2001
*Mr Bones*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster, David Ramsey, Faizon Love, Robert Whitehead, Jane Benney*	*Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release.*
*Diamond Cut Diamond*	*Darrell Roodt*	*Gary Daniels, Nick Boraine, Gideon Emery*
2002
*Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony*
*The Sorcerer's Apprentice*	*David Lister*
2003
*Adrenaline*
*Red Water*	*Charles Robert Carner*	*Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Sawnson, Gideon Emery*
2004
*Boy called Twist*		*Kim Engelbrecht*
*Cape of Good Hope*	*Mark Bamford*	*Debbie Brown, Eriq Ebouaney, Nthathi Moshesh, Gideon Emery*
*Drum*		*Taye Diggs*
*A Case of Murder*	*Clive Morris*	*Steve Hofmeyr, Candice Hillebrand, Gideon Emery, Anthony Fridjhon,*
*Forgiveness*		*Zane Meas, Arnold Vosloo, Quanita Adams*
*Max and Mona*
*Oh Shucks, I'm Gatvol!*	*Leon Schuster*
*Yesterday*	*Darrell Roodt*	*Leleti Khumalo*	*Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards*
2005
*Engagement*		*Caroline Nicou*
*The Flyer*		*Kim Engelbrecht*
*Mama Jack*	*Leon Schuster*	*Leon Schuster*
*Tsotsi*	*Gavin Hood*	*Presley Chweneyagae, Ian Roberts, Zola, Terry Pheto*	*Won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards*
*U-Carmen eKhayelitsha*	*Mark Dornford-May*		*Won Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival*
2006
*Bunny Chow*		*Kim Engelbrecht*
*Angels in the Dust*
*Faith Like Potatoes*	*Regardt van den Bergh*	*Frank Rautenbach, Hamilton Dlamini*
*Son of Man*	*Mark Dornford-May*
2007
*Anner House*
*Counting Headz: South Afrika's Sistaz in Hip Hop*	*Vusi Magubane & Erin Offer*
*Ouma se Slim Kind*		*Quinne Brown*
*Tengers*	*Michael Rix*
2008
*Jerusalema*
*Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past*	*Gray Hofmeyer*	*Leon Schuster*	*Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release.*
*The World Unseen*	*Shamim Sarif*	*Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth*
2009
*District 9*	*Neill Blomkamp*	*Sharlto Copley*	*Nominated for Best Film at the 82nd Academy Awards*
*Invictus*	*Clint Eastwood*	*Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon*
2010
*Five Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup*	*Robin Benger & Jane Thandi Lipman*
*Life, Above All*	*Oliver Schmitz*