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Congratulations to the Winners of the Short Films and Web Series Competitions!
3rd Annual Imagen Awards Short Films & Web Series Competition Thank you to everyone who voted in this year's Imagen Awards Short Films & Web Series Competition! The votes have been tallied and the [...]
Luisa Leschin to Receive the Norman Lear Writer’s Award at the 34th Annual Imagen Awards
LOS ANGELES (July 29, 2019) – The Imagen Foundation announced today Luisa Leschin as this year’s recipient of the Norman Lear Writer’s Award. Leschin is currently co-executive producer of the Netflix Original hit [...]
Cris Abrego to Receive the Imagen President’s Award at the 34th Annual Imagen Awards
LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2019) – The Imagen Foundation announced today Cris Abrego as this year’s recipient of the Imagen President’s Award. Abrego currently serves as the Chairman of Endemol Shine Americas and [...]
About the Imagen Awards
The Imagen Awards was co-founded by legendary television producer Norman Lear, who was acutely aware of the near absence of positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry and understood the importance of positive images. Lear met with the leaders of the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly the National Conference of Christians and Jews, or NCCJ), a respected non-sectarian human relations organization committed to fighting prejudice and racial tensions. Out of this meeting emerged the Imagen Awards, which recognizes and encourages the entertainment industry to depict the Latino community in a meaningful and accurate manner.
The Imagen Awards attract key entertainment leaders as well as celebrities. Past honorees and attendees have included Lin-Manuel Miranda and Family, Rita Moreno, Guillermo Del Toro, Salma Hayek, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Roberto Orci, Jenni Rivera, and former CBS Entertainment Chairman, Nina Tassler, among others.