The nominations for the 37th annual Imagen Awards were announced earlier today by award-winning actor, writer & producer Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and actress, writer & producer Karrie Martin Lachney (Gentefied). Recognizing the powerful work driven by Latino film and television talent, the awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, October 2 in Los Angeles at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
“After two years of streaming celebrations, we are ecstatic to be back in person and to honor those who made significant contributions to the television, film, and streaming spaces. With the caliber of talent and the diversity of the roles and projects, our expectations were wildly exceeded with 445 entries, up 125 from 2021! We are beyond proud of this year’s nominees and all those who submitted. Given the excellence of the entries, the judges had a difficult time selecting those to be nominated,” the presenters enthused. “Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees!”
This year’s animation nominees are a real celebration of young Latina heroines: Disney’s Encanto scored six nominations (including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress) and DreamWorks Animation’s Spirit Untamed is also nominated for Best Feature Film. Netflix’s widely acclaimed event series Maya and the Three and PBS KIDS’ contemporary cultural celebration Alma’s Way both snagged three nominations, and the fan-favorite Disney Channel toon The Owl House is up in two TV categories.
See the awards categories with animation nominees below; you can find the full list of 2022 Imagen Awards nominees at imagen.org.
Best Feature Film
- 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
- 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 Actor – Feature Film
- David Alvarez – West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Gael García Bernal – Old (Universal Pictures, Perfect World Pictures, Blinding Edge Pictures, an Night Shyamalan Film)
- Eugenio Derbez – CODA (Apple TV+; Vendome Pictures / Pathé in association with Apple)
- John Leguizamo – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Adrian Martinez – iGilbert (Paloma Pictures, Inc/Gravitas Ventures)
- Anthony Ramos – In The Heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
Best Actress – Feature Film
- Stephanie Beatriz – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Ariana DeBose – West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Leslie Grace – In The Heights (HBO Max; Warner Pictures)
- Natalie Morales – Language Lessons (Duplass Brothers Productions / Shout! Studios)
- Rita Moreno – West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
- Rachel Zegler – West Side Story (Walt Disney Studios)
Best Director – Television
- 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)
- Jorge Gutierrez – Maya and the Three (Netflix; A Netflix Series)
- Guillermo Navarro, The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Apple TV+; Apple Studios)
Best Voice-Over Actor (Television)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda & Germaine Franco – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- 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
- Lynn Fainchtein – Selena: The Series (Netflix; A Campanario Entertainment Production for Netflix)
- Tom MacDougall – Encanto (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Javier Nuño & Joe Rodriguez – Acapulco (Apple TV+; Lionsgate Television / 3Pas Studios / The Tannenbaum Company for Apple)
Best Short Film
- American Masters and VOCES: Lights, Camera, Acción (PBS; NGL Studios, Latino Public Broadcasting, and American Masters Pictures)
- Growing Fangs (Disney+; The Walt Disney Company)
- Us Again (Disney+; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Worry Dolls (Crypt TV; 8A Entertainment)
