2017 Imagen Awards Winners, Honorees & Nominees

Outstanding Achievement Awards

President’s Award
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Luis A. Miranda, Jr., Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda, Luz Miranda-Crespo

Vision Award
NBC

Imagen Awards by Category

Corbin Bleu sings “Tribute to the Miranda Family,” set to music from Hamilton

America Ferrera introduces Miranda Family

Best Picture

  • A Change of Heart (Surprise Film, LLC)
  • Beatriz at Dinner (Roadside Attractions)
  • The Boatman (Film Punk Films, Indie Rights)
  • Winner: How to be a Latin Lover (3Pas Studios)

Best Director

  • Winner: Miguel Arteta, Beatriz at Dinner (Roadside Attractions)
  • Ricardo de Montreuil, Lowriders (BH TILT)
  • Greg Morgan, The Boatman (Film Punk Films, Indie Rights)
  • Kenny Ortega, A Change of Heart (Surprise Film, LLC)

Best Actor – Feature Film

  • Gabriel Chavarria, Lowriders (Blumhouse Productions, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures)
  • Eugenio Derbez, How to be a Latin Lover (3Pas Studios)
  • Lou Diamond Phillips, Created Equal (Created Equal Productions/T-CAT Films)
  • Winner: Diego Luna, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Studios)
  • Theo Rossi, Lowriders (BH TILT)
  • Oscar Torre, The Boatman (Film Punk Films, Indie Rights)

Best Actress – Feature Film

  • Giovanna Cappetta, The Kids from 62-F (Red Sea Media)
  • Edy Ganem, Created Equal (Created Equal Productions/T-CAT Films)
  • Winner: Salma Hayek, How to be a Latin Lover (3Pas Studios)
  • Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner (Roadside Attractions)
  • Eva Longoria, Lowriders (BH TILT)

Best Primetime Television Program – Drama

  • Chicago Fire (NBC; NBC Universal and Wolf Entertainment)
  • East Los High (Hulu, Wise Entertainment, Into Action Films, Population Media Center, Inc.)
  • Major Crimes (TNT; Warner Bros. Television, Shepard/Robin Company)
  • Winner: Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)
  • Rosewood (FOX; Temple Hill in assoc. w/ 20th Century Fox Television)
  • Shades of Blue (NBC; Universal Television, Nuyorican Productions, EGTV, Ryan Seacrest Productions, Jack Orman Productions)

Best Primetime Television Program – Comedy

  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX; Universal Television, Fremulon, Dr. Goor Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment)
  • Jane The Virgin (The CW Network; CBS TVS)
  • Lopez (TV LAND; TV Land Original Productions, 3 Arts)
  • Modern Family (ABC; 20th Century Fox Television in assoc. w/ Steven Levitan Productions and Picador Productions)
  • Winner: One Day at a Time (Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix)
  • Superstore (NBC; Universal Television)

Best Primetime Program: Special, Movies, & Mini-Series

  • Adventures in Babysitting (Disney Channel; Disney Channel Original Movies)
  • Winner: American Crime (ABC; ABC Studios)
  • Custody (Lifetime Network; Lucky Monkey Pictures, Mustard & Company in association with the Green-Light Group & JuVee Productions)
  • Emerald City (NBC; Universal Television)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Let’s Do the Time Warp Again (FOX; Fox 21 Television Studios, Ode Sounds & Visuals and the Jackal Group)

Best Actor – Television

  • Joaquim de Almeida, Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)
  • Winner: Guillermo Diaz, Scandal (ABC; ‘Shondaland and ABC Studios for ABC)
  • Miguel Gomez, The Strain (FX; FX Productions)
  • Alfonso Herrera, The Exorcist (FOX; 20th Century Fox Television / Morgan Creek Productions)
  • George Lopez, Lopez (TV LAND; TV Land Original Productions, 3 Arts)
  • Jon Seda, Chicago P.D. (NBC; NBC Universal and Wolf Entertainment)

Best Actress – Television

  • Adria Arjona, Emerald City (NBC; Universal Television)
  • Alice Braga, Queen of the South (USA Networks; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)
  • Aimee Carrero, Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior; Disney Television Animation)
  • Jennifer Lopez, Shades of Blue (NBC; Universal Television, Nuyorican Productions, EGTV, Ryan Seacrest Productions, Jack Orman Productions)
  • Winner: Justina Machado, One Day at a Time (Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix)
  • Catalina Sandino Moreno, Custody (Lifetime Network; Lucky Monkey Pictures, Mustard & Company in association with the Green-Light Group & JuVee Productions)

Best Supporting Actor – Television

  • Desmin Borges, You’re The Worst (FX; FX Productions)
  • Jaime Camil, Jane The Virgin (CW; Poppy Productions, RCTV, Electus, CBS Television Studio, Warner Bros. Television/CW)
  • Winner: Peter Gadiot, Queen of The South (USA Network; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)
  • Joe Minoso, Chicago Fire (NBC; NBC Universal and Wolf Studios)
  • Alfred Molina, Feud: Bette and Joan (FX; Fox 21 Television Studios)
  • Jon Seda, Chicago Justice (NBC; NBC Universal and Wolf Entertainment)

Best Supporting Actress – Television

  • Ivonne Coll, Jane The Virgin (CW; Poppy Productions, CW TV Networks)
  • Veronica Falcon, Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)
  • Winner: Isabella Gomez, One Day at a Time (Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix)
  • Rita Moreno, One Day at a Time (Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix)
  • Gina Torres, Suits (USA Network; Universal Cable Productions)
  • Lisa Vidal, Being Mary Jane (BET Networks; Will Packer Productions)

Best Young Actor – Television

  • Cree Cicchino, Game Shakers (Nickelodeon in association with Schneider’s Bakery; Nickelodeon)
  • Benjamin ‘Lil P-Nut’ Flores Jr., Game Shakers (Nickelodeon in association with Schneider’s Bakery; Nickelodeon)
  • Ricardo Hurtado, School of Rock (Nickelodeon in association with Paramount Television; Nickelodeon)
  • Jenna Ortega, Stuck in the Middle (Disney Junior; Disney Television Animation)
  • Winner: Marcel Ruiz, One Day at a Time (Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix)

Best Variety or Reality Show

  • America Latino (LATV Networks)
  • Cesar Millan’s Dog Nation (Nat Geo Wild; Leepson Bounds Entertainment for National Geographic)
  • Winner: Fluffy Breaks Even (Fuse TV; Arsonhouse Entertainment, B-17 Entertainment, Fluffy Shop Studios)
  • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO; HBO Entertainment in assoc. w/ Bill Maher Productions and Brad Grey Television)
  • The Real (Telepictures Productions/Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution)
  • The Riveras ( Universo; Blank Paige Productions)

Best Children’s Programming

  • Dora and Friends: Into the City (Nickelodeon)
  • Winner: Elena of Avalor (Disney Junior; Disney Television Animation)
  • Sesame Street (HBO; Sesame Workshop)
  • The Halo Effect (Nickelodeon; Nickelodeon in association with Warrior Poets & Ncredible Entertainment)

Best Documentary

  • A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (Lifetime Network; Women Rising)
  • Winner: ESPN Features: SC Reportajes (ESPN Deportes (US)/ESPN Dos (Mexico); ESPN)
  • Hamilton’s America (PBS; Radical Media)
  • Mariela Castro’s March: “Cuba’s LGBT Revolution”(HBO; DCTV and HBO Documentary Films)
  • Patria O Muerte (HBO; Triana Films in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
  • Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage (Malibu International Film Festival, innerLENS Productions)

Best Informational Program

  • America by the Numbers, “The New Deciders” (PBS; Futuro Media Group for WGBH and PBS)
  • ESPN Features; SC Reportajes (ESPN Deportes (US)/ESPN Dos Mexico; ESPN)
  • Winner: Gaycation with Ellen Page (Viceland; Vice Media, LLC)
  • Pati’s Mexican Table (WETA/Distributed nationally by American Public Television to PBS and public television stations; Co-production of Mexican Table, LLC, with WETA Washington, DC, and Follow Productions)
  • Puerto Rican Voices (WIPR-TV/Vimeo; Center of Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College/ CUNY)
  • The Kitchenistas of National City (PBS; Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center)

Best On-Air Advertising

  • 2016 Walmart “Christmas Better” Campaign (Lopez Negrete Communications)
  • Winner: Acura MDX: “Family Home” (Orcí; Caviar )
  • DishLatino Brand Campaign (Marca Hispanic; In & Out Productions)
  • En Casa Con Derbez- DishLatino Retention Campaign (Marca Hispanic; In & Out Productions)
  • Honda CR-V: “Best Friends” (Orcí; Paraná Films)

Winners of the First Annual Competition

Best Web Series
Hispanglosaxon

Best Short Documentary Film
Little Angels

Best Short Film
Drowning