Uzi Peres

Uzi Peres was born in 1951 in Geneva

Uzi Peres was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 21 February 1951 and grew up in Tel Aviv. His father, Gershon "Gigi" Peres, was a building contractor and the younger brother of Shimon Peres. His mother, Carmela Peres, was an athlete.

He attended Ironi Dalet High School in Tel Aviv and then served in the IDF. After his service he studied film at Tel Aviv University and completed his film studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.

His first short film, The Wait, was made in Israel in 1974, and he went on to make more shorts in France. He also worked as an editor for director Frédéric Rossif. In 1977 he returned to Israel and helped found the Young Israeli Cinema group, which pushed for funding of non-commercial films.

He made his first feature films in France, among them Pareil pas pareil and Shadow of a Game. In Israel he directed First Love in 1982 and Me and My Wife's Lover in 1983, both produced by his sister Ruth. In 1985 he began working in real estate in France.

Peres was killed on 31 July 1992 in the crash of Thai Airways International Flight 311 near Kathmandu. He left a wife and 3 children. His family set up an annual short film prize in his name, and in 2012 a hall at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque was named after him.