Uzi Peres was an Israeli film director, screenwriter and film producer.
11 Facts About Uzi Peres
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Uzi Peres was born in Geneva, Switzerland on 21 February 1951 and raised in Tel Aviv.
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Uzi Peres's father, Gershon Peres was a building contractor, and the younger brother of future Prime Minister and President of Israel, Shimon Peres; his mother, Carmela Keyla Peres, was an athlete.
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Uzi Peres went to Ironi Dalet High School in Tel Aviv, and then served in the Israeli Defence Force and fought in the Yom Kippur War.
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Uzi Peres began his career with The Wait, a short 16mm film made in Israel in 1974.
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Uzi Peres continued to work in France, making three more short 16mm works: Choisir, Cathedrales, which won first prize at the short film festival in Le Raincy, and Sans Draps.
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Uzi Peres worked as an editor on Frederic Rossif's film La Fete Sauvage and television series L'Opera sauvage.
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Uzi Peres only made one more short in Israel, however - 1978's Hand Exercises, which won a Best Actor award at an Israeli short film competition.
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Uzi Peres returned to France to make his first feature films: Pareil pas pareil, L'amour mensonge and Shadow of a Game.
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Uzi Peres left a wife, Bracha, and three children, Sara, David and Michael.
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Together with the Israel Film and Television Directors Association, the Peres family established an annual prize in Uzi's name, awarded in conjunction with the Tel Aviv Cinematheque, to the director of an outstanding short film.