Shimon Peres was born on August 2, 1923 in Wiszniewo, Poland [now Vishnyeva, Belarus] as Szymon Persky. He is known for his work on Operation Thunderbolt: Entebbe (2000), Sabena Hijacking: My Version (2015) and Situation Critical (2007). He was married to Sonya Gelman. He died on September 28, 2016 in Ramat Gan, Israel.