His 2008 documentary, Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008), focuses on gang violence in South-Central Los Angeles. This film provides insights into the origins of the infamous Crips and Bloods street gangs, and also offers a look at the social injustice in Los Angeles in the 1950s and '60s. In 2012, Peralta produced Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, which chronicles the Powell-Peralta skateboarding team of the same name. It includes interviews with Rodney Mullen, Craig Stecyk, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, and Peralta himself, among others. In 2008, Peralta directed a series of television commercials for Burger King in which the Greenlandic Inuit, Transylvanians of Romania and Hmong of Thailand, known as "Whopper virgins" in the ads, were offered their first taste of a fast food hamburger and asked to compare Burger King's Whopper to McDonald's Big Mac. Peralta subsequently came under attack for what some deemed exploitation of native peoples. Peralta's experience as an entrepreneur and skate video filmmaker was adapted for the video game Tony Hawk's Underground. In 2003, Peralta also did cameo work for the game in which he played himself. Divorced in the 1990s, Peralta had one son, pianist Austin Peralta who died on November 21, 2012. Filmography Film Video games Television References Hayes, Andrea. "Dogtown and Z-Boys: Teaching the Documentary". Screen Education 40 (2005): 84–87. Academic Search Premier. Web. May 7, 2013. External links Nonfiction Unlimited biography Interview with the Palisadian-Post 1957 births American skateboarders American sportspeople of Mexican descent Living people People from Venice, Los Angeles Sundance Film Festival award winners American people of Irish descent Film directors from Los Angeles Sportspeople from Los Angeles Skateboarding video directors Hispanic and Latino American sportspeople Venice High School (Los Angeles) alumni