The winners of the 37th Imagen Awards (imagen.org), recognizing positive portrayals of Latinos in the media, have been announced, and this year is an especially animated highlight! Disney’s acclaimed CG feature Encanto won four awards, for Best Feature Film, Best Director (where it was the sole animated nominee) and both music honors.
PBS KIDS series Alma’s Way, created by beloved Sesame Street star Sonia Manzano, scored a double win, and Jorge R. Gutierrez scored the Best Director – Television prize for his stunning mythological Netflix event series Maya and the Three.
The winners were chosen by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latina and Latino community leaders.
The pre-recorded awards ceremony will broadcast on PBS SoCal on Saturday, October 29 at 6 p.m. PDT; on KCET on Wednesday, November 2 at 7 p.m. PT; and streaming on pbs.org.
The animated 2022 Imagen Award winners in select categories are:
Best Feature Film
- WINNER: Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- In The Heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Language Lessons (Shout! Studios / Duplass Brothers Productions)
- Spirit Untamed (DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures)
- West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Director – Feature Film
- WINNERS: Jared Bush, Bryon Howard and Charise Castro Smith – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Alonso Ruizpalacios – A Cop Movie (Netflix; Una documental de Netflix / Una producción de No Ficción)
- Steven Spielberg – West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Director – Television
- WINNER: Jorge Gutierrez – Maya and the Three (Netflix; A Netflix Series)
- Antonio Campo – The Staircase (HBO/HBO Max; A HBO Max and Annapurna Television co-production in association with EMI Pop and What’s Up Films)
- Linda Yvette Chavez – Gentefied (Netflix; Netflix)
- America Ferrera – Gentefied (Netflix; Netflix)
- Zetna Fuentes – This Is Us (NBC Network; 20th Television)
- Reinaldo Marcus Green, We Own This City (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with Blown Deadline Productions and Spartan Productions)
- Guillermo Navarro, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+; Apple Studios)
Best Voice-Over Actor (Television)
- WINNER: Summer Rose Castillo – Alma’s Way (PBS KIDS; Fred Rogers Productions, Pipeline Studios)
- Eden Espinosa – Alice’s Wonderland Bakery (Disney Junior; Disney Branded Television)
- Sarah-Nicole Robles, The Owl House (Disney Channel; Disney Branded Television)
- Zoe Saldaña, Maya and the Three (Netflix)
- Neo Vela, Alma’s Way (PBS KIDS; Fred Rogers Productions, Pipeline Studios)
Best Youth Programming
- WINNER: Alma’s Way (PBS KIDS; Fred Rogers Productions, Pipeline Studios)
- The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon)
- The Owl House (Disney Channel; Disney Branded Television)
- Victor and Valentino (Cartoon Network; Cartoon Network Studios)
Best Music Composition for Film or Television
- WINNERS: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Carlos José Alvarez – Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (Netflix; A Netflix Original Documentary Series / A Rakontur Production)
- Tim Davies & Gustavo Santaoalla – Maya and the Three (Netflix; A Netflix Series)
- Camilo Lara – Gentefied (Netflix)
- Cristobal Tapia de Veer – The White Lotus (HBO/HBO Max; HBO in association with Rip Cord, The District and Hallogram Inc.)
Best Music Supervision for Film or Television
- WINNER: Tom MacDougall – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Lynn Fainchtein – Selena: The Series (Netflix; A Campanario Entertainment Production for Netflix)
- Javier Nuño & Joe Rodriguez – Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
See additional animated nominees here.
