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Stacy Peralta

Stacy Peralta is a skateboarder-turned-filmmaker and commercial director represented in the US by Chelsea Pictures.

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Production company & representation
Chelsea Pictures
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Emmy Award as executive producer — Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (ESPN)
Emmy Awards · 2013 · award
Dogtown and Z-Boys — Best Director and Audience Award, Sundance
Sundance Film Festival · 2001 · award
Riding Giants — first documentary chosen as Sundance opening-night film
Sundance Film Festival · award
Selected clients
PatagoniaLinkedInThe North FaceBlue BuffaloCarharttHyundaiYETI

Bio & background

Stacy Peralta is a skateboarder-turned-filmmaker and commercial director represented in the US by Chelsea Pictures. A founding Z-Boy, co-founder of Powell-Peralta, and architect of the Bones Brigade, he pioneered action-sports video before feature documentaries and advertising. Dogtown and Z-Boys won Best Director and the Audience Award at Sundance 2001; Riding Giants was the first documentary chosen to open the festival. He directed Bones Brigade: An Autobiography and Patagonia’s The Yin and Yang of Gerry Lopez, and received an Emmy as executive producer on ESPN’s Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (2013). Chelsea signed him in January 2018. Commercial credits include The North Face Anthem (Sid Lee), YETI films for Giant Spoon (Oliver White; Robin Van Gyn Soft Cooler), Hyundai Journey To Santa Cruz (Innocean), LinkedIn In It To Inspire Others, Blue Buffalo Stay Wild (Pereira O’Dell), Carhartt, and Patagonia. His brand work centers on action-sports, docu-style, and heartfelt athlete and real-people narratives for outdoor and lifestyle clients, with automotive and tech/employer-brand spots. Based on California’s Central Coast, he balances branded work with documentary projects under Chelsea.

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Awards
  • Emmy Award as executive producer — Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (ESPN)
    Emmy Awards · 2013
  • Dogtown and Z-Boys — Best Director and Audience Award, Sundance
    Sundance Film Festival · 2001
  • Riding Giants — first documentary chosen as Sundance opening-night film
    Sundance Film Festival
Press
  • Stacy Peralta art gallery / career profile (skate, docs, commercial)
    The Inertia · 2024
  • Episode 190: Stacy Peralta — commercial directing and passion projects
    Looking Sideways · 2022
  • Chelsea Pictures Signs Filmmaker and Skateboarding Icon Stacy Peralta
    LBB · 2018
  • Stacy Peralta Chelsea Pictures roster bio
    Chelsea Pictures
  • Stacy Peralta: The Heart of a Kid, the Wisdom of an Adult
    LA Yoga