Imagen Foundation Announces Nominees for the 33rd Annual Imagen Awards

Los Angeles, CA, June 28, 2018 – The Imagen Foundation today announced 103 nominations in 18 categories for the 33rd Annual Imagen Awards to be presented Saturday evening, August 25, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at LA Live.

The Imagen Awards is the only premier Latino entertainment awards program dedicated to honoring the positive portrayal and creative excellence of Latinos and Latino cultures in television and film. For over 30 years The Imagen Foundation has honored and celebrated inclusion and diversity in the entertainment industry. Recognizing actors/actresses, studios, executives, etc. with their forefront performances and contributions to diversity in Hollywood.

The Imagen Awards nominees are determined by an independent panel of entertainment industry executives and Latino community leaders.

Best Primetime Program – Specials, Movies & Mini-Series

The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX Networks; Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions)

Genius: Picasso (National Geographic; National Geographic presents an Imagine Television & Fox 21 Television Studio Production)

The Long Road Home (National Geographic; Phoenix Pictures, Finngate Television, and Fuzzy Door for National Geographic)

Oprah at the Apollo (OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network; Harpo)

Best Actor – Television

Antonio Banderas, Genius: Picasso (National Geographic; National Geographic presents an Imagine Television & Fox 21 Television Studio Production)

E.J. Bonilla, The Long Road Home (National Geographic; Phoenix Pictures, Finngate Television, and Fuzzy Door for National Geographic)

Joaquim de Almeida, Queen of the South (USA Network; Fox Television and Universal Cable Productions)

Alfonso Herrera, The Exorcist (FOX; 20th Century Fox Television/Morgan Creek Productions)

Christian Navarro, 13 Reasons Why (Netflix; Paramount Television/Netflix)

Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Snowfall (FX Networks; FX Productions)

Edgar Ramirez, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX Networks; Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions)

Miles Gaston Villanueva, Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (NBC; NBCUniversal and Wolf Entertainment)

Imagen Foundation Announces Nominees for the 33rd Annual Imagen Awards