 Lapenda is also president of the Beverly Hills Film Festival Grand Jury, has produced many films, numerous MMA events, video games, music concerts, and documentaries, two of them, and , were eligible for Oscar nominations.Lapenda received a national honor for his lifelong accomplishments, when he was appointed a Tourism Ambassador by the President of Brazil, alongside such luminaries as Ronaldinho, Vitor Belfort, Renzo Gracie and Romero Britto.One of his most significant accomplishments was the creation of Allies of the Amazon, a children's book about four super-powered talking animals who protect the Amazon rainforest, with comic book legend Stan Lee.