Disney Has Several Titles Among List of Nominees For 35th Annual Imagen Awards

For those unfamiliar, the Imagen Awards take place each year and celebrate and encourage positive portrayals of Latinos in the media! The 35th Annual Imagen Awards are taking place virtually Thursday 24th at 5pm and we’re excited to announce that Disney has been nominated in a few different categories. 

Let’s take a look! 

Theatrical Motion Pictures Nominees

Best Actor – Feature Film

•Jaime Camil, Las Pildoras de mi Novio (Pantelion Films and Lionsgate)
•Eugenio Derbez, Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Paramount Pictures)
•Armando Espitia, I Carry You with Me (Black Bear Pictures, Loki Films, and Sony Pictures Classics)
•Michael Garza, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Lionsgate, CBS Films, eOne)
•Al Madrigal, The Way Back (Warner Bros. Pictures)
•Adrian Martinez, Lady and The Tramp (Disney+; Disney+/Taylor Made)
•Wagner Moura, Sergio (Netflix; Black Rabbit Media, Anima Pictures and Itapoan Productions for Netflix)

Television Nominees

Best Primetime Program: Drama

•Good Trouble (Freeform; Freeform in association with Nuyorican Productions, Blazing Elm Ent and JJ Prods)
•Law & Order: SVU (NBC; Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television)
•Mayans M.C. (FX Network; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•Narcos: Mexico (Netflix; Gaumont International Television for Netflix)
•Pose (FX Network; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox 21 Television Studios and UCP)

Best Primetime Program: Special, Movie or Limited Series
•Collisions (Fuse; Widdershins Film, Mitchell Street Pictures, Don’t Foam)
•Into the Dark: Culture Shock (Hulu; Hulu / Blumhouse Television)
•Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “All in the Family” and “Good Times” (ABC; Sony Pictures Television)

Best Director – Television

•Miguel Arteta, Room 104 (HBO; HBO in association with Duplass Brothers Productions)
•Norberto Barba, Better Call Saul (AMC; High Bridge Productions; AMC)
•Steven Canals, Pose (FX Network; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•Aurora Guerrero, Little America (Apple TV+; Apple / Universal Television)
•Gigi Saul Guerrero, Into the Dark: Culture Shock (Hulu; Hulu / Blumhouse Television)
•Ben Hernandez Bray, Queen of the South (USA Network; Breakout Kings Productions, LLC)
•Tanya Saracho, Vida (STARZ; Big Beach and Chingona Productions in association with Starz Originals)
•Batan Silva, Law & Order: SVU (NBC; Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television)

MAYANS M.C. — Pictured: Edward James Olmos as Felipe Reyes, JD Pardo as EZ Reyes. CR: Prashant Gupta/FX

Best Actor – Television

•Arturo Castro, Flipped (Quibi; Funny or Die / Quibi)
•Jesse Garcia, Collisions (Fuse; Widdershins Film, Mitchell Street Pictures, Don’t Foam)
•Gabriel Iglesias, Mr. Iglesias (Netflix; Netflix)
•Diego Luna, Narcos: Mexico (Netflix; Gaumont International Television for Netflix)
•JD Pardo, Mayans M.C. (FX Networks; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•Carlos Santos, Gentefied (Netflix; Netflix)
•J.J. Soria, Gentefied (Netflix; Netflix)

Best Actress – Television

•Alice Braga, Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox 21 Television Studios and UCP)
•Jearnest Corchado, Little America (Apple TV+; Apple / Universal Television)
•Justina Machado, Family Pictures (Lifetime; Lifetime Pictures)
•Justina Mated, One Day at a Time (Pop TV; Sony Pictures Television, Act III Productions, GloNation)
•Mishel Prada, Vida (STARZ; Big Beach and Chingona Productions in association with Starz Originals)
•Mj Rodriguez, Pose (FX Network; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•Gina Torres, Pearson (USA Network; UCP)

Best Supporting Actor – Television

•Arturo Castro, Room 104 (HBO; HBO in association with Duplass Brothers Productions)
•Guillermo Diaz, Law & Order: SVU (NBC; Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television)
•Fabrizio Guido, Mr. Iglesias (Netflix; Netflix)
•Julio Macias, On My Block (Netflix; Netflix)
•Hemky Madera, Queen of the South (USA Network; Plural Entertainment)
•Edward James Olmos, Mayans M.C. (FX Network; Fox 21 Television Studios & FX Productions)
•John Ortiz, Little America (Apple TV+; Apple / Universal Television)

Elena of Avalor is Disney’s first Latina princess. Her show features music drawn from all over Central and South America

Best Supporting Actress – Television

•Lisseth Chavez, Chicago P.D. (NBC; Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television)
•Cote De Pablo, N.C.I.S. (CBS; Belisarius Productions in association with CBS Television Studios)
•Melissa Fumero, Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior; Disney Television Animation)
•Isabella Gomez, One Day at a Time (Pop TV; Sony Pictures Television, Act III Productions, GloNation, Snowpants)
•Rita Moreno, One Day at a Time (Pop TV; Sony Pictures Television, Act III Productions, Snowpants Productions)
•Manni Perez, Law & Order: SVU (NBC; Wolf Entertainment & Universal Television)
•Chelsea Rendon, Vida (STARZ; Big Beach and Chingona Productions in association with Starz Originals)
•Cristina Umaña, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (Prime Video; Paramount Television and Amazon Studios)

Best Young Actor – Television
•Izabella Alvarez, The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon)
•Izabella Alvarez, Collisions (Fuse; Widdershins Film, Mitchell Street Pictures, Don’t Foam)
•Isaac Arellanes, Ghostwriter (Apple TV+; Apple / Sesame Workshop / Sinking Ship Entertainment)
•Paulina Chávez, Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love (Netflix; Netflix)
•Tess Romero, Diary of a Future President (Disney+; CBS Television Studios)
•Justin Sanchez, Ghostwriter (Apple TV+; Apple / Sesame Workshop / Sinking Ship Entertainment)

Best Variety or Reality Show
•America’s Most Musical Family (Nickelodeon; IPC)
•De viaje con los Derbez (Pantaya; Pantaya, Amazon Studios, World-wide)
•Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (National Geographic; Studio Ramsay and Objective Media Group, An ALL3 Media Group Company
•Jerry Garcia: It’s Not My Weekend (HBO Latino; Viva Pictures Distribution LLC)
•Pati’s Mexican Table (WETA Washington, DC / Distributed nationally by American Public Television; Mexican Table)
•Total Bellas (E!; Bunim/Murray Productions, E! Entertainment)

Best Children’s Programming

•Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love (Netflix; Netflix)
•The Casagrandes (Nickelodeon; Nickelodeon)
•DuckTales (Disney Channel; Disney Television Animation)
•Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior; Disney Television Animation)
•Ghostwriter (Apple TV+; Apple / Sesame Workshop / Sinking Ship Entertainment)
•Sesame Street’s 50th Anniversary Special (HBO; HBO in association with NYC Filmgree, Sesame Workshop & Sesame St)
•Vampirina (Disney Junior; Brown Bag Entertainment)

Additional Nominees are:

Best Music Composition for Film or TV

•Andrés Sanchez Maher, Gus Reyes, and Emilio Acevedo, Los Espookys (HBO; HBO in association with Mas Mejor, Antigravico and Broadway Video)
•Angélica Negrón, Independent Lens (PBS series Independent Lens; Nantes Media, LLC)
•Joey Newman, Diary of a Future President (Disney+; I Can & I Will Productions, CBS TV Studios)

Best Music Supervision for Film or TV
•Janet Lopez, Diary of a Future President (Disney+, CBS Television Studios)
•Javier Índice Nuño and Joe Rodriguez, Los Espookys (HBO, HBO in association with Mas Mejor, Antigravico and Broadway Video)

The Imagen Award program was inspired by iconic television writer/producer Norman Lear (“The Jeffersons,” “ALL IN THE FAMILY”) in 1985.  Latinx in Hollywood continue to make small strides with a 55% increase in entries from last year. This year’s awards include three new categories: Best Director in Television, Best Music Composition for Film and Television and Best Music Supervision for Film and Television. 

The Imagen Awards nominees are determined by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latino community leaders. This is a story that we’ll continue to follow closely here at MickeyBlog. Readers are encouraged to keep checking in with us for further DIsney-related news and updates!

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