Stacy Peralta (created October 15, 1957) is an American director and entrepreneur. He was formerly an expert skateboarder and surfer using the professional skateboarding group, the Z Boys.
In 1992, Peralta left Powell Peralta to direct and produce for television full time. His lingering love of the board established itself in Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary film co-written with Craig Stecyk seeing the renowned skateboard team called the Z Boys. The movie reinforces the all-consuming nature of the subculture as well as the movie’s conviction that life centered on Dogtown in the 1970s and skateboarding. Dogtown won Director’s as well as Audience Awards for documentary in the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Peralta also wrote the screenplay for the remarkable retelling of the Dogtown days in Lords of Dogtown (2005). His 2008 documentary, Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008), focuses on gang violence in south central Los Angeles which provides insights to the sources of the notorious Crips and Bloods having a look at the societal injustice of 1950s and 60s L.A. In 2012 Peralta released Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, which chronicles the Powell Peralta skateboarding team of exactly the same name. Peralta later came under attack for what some deemed exploitation of indigenous peoples. Peralta’s experience as an entrepreneur and skate demo filmmaker was accommodated for the video game Tony Hawk’s Underground. Divorced in the 1990s, Peralta had one son, pianist Austin Peralta who expired on November 21, 2012.
Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature, Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Documentary Series
Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Best Documentary
Movies
No Room for Rockstars, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, Made In America, Lords of Dogtown, Riding Giants, Dogtown and Z-Boys, Ban This, The Search for Animal Chin, Real Genius, The Bones Brigade Video Show, Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau, The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television, Influences:...
TV Shows
50 Documentaries to See Before You Die
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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Has a son, Austin.
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Got his start by shooting videos of his skateboarding friends, dubbed the "Bones Brigade."