Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) Award Winners

Best Picture

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) — Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang

Best Director

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

Actress in a Leading Role

Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Actress in a Supporting Role

Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Voice or Motion Capture Performance

Jenny Slate, “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)

Animated Film

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro (director, producer), Mark Gustafson (director), Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Gary Ungar (producers)

Non-English Language Film

“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Mexico) — Alejandro G. Iñárritu (director)

Documentary Feature

“Fire of Love” (National Geographic Films/Neon) — Sara Dosa (director, producer), Shane Boris, Ina Fichman (producers)

Original Screenplay

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Adapted Screenplay

“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins, Gris Grimly, Patrick Hale (based on the characters and novel by Carlo Collodi)

Ensemble Casting

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Sarah Finn

Production & Set Design

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator)

Cinematography

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) – Claudio Miranda

Costume Design

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) – Ruth E. Carter

Editing

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Paul Rogers

Hair & Makeup Design

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24) – Michelle Chung (makeup department head), Anissa Salazar (hair department head)

Sound

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures) — Mark Weingarten (production sound mixer), James H. Mather, Al Nelson (supervising sound editors), Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor (re-recording mixers)

Visual Effects

“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios) — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett

Stunt Design

“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

Musical Score

“The Batman” (Warner Bros.) – Michael Giacchino

Best Song Written for a Film

“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios) – “Lift Me Up” by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, and Ryan Coogler

The 2023 Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award

Guillermo del Toro – The highest honor for a career that has exemplified Latino excellence, Guillermo del Toro has tirelessly advocated cinema in all its beautiful forms. Never tied to a single genre, he’s made an indelible impression in Hollywood with various ambitious endeavors such as “Cronos” (1992), “Mimic” (1997), “The Devil’s Backbone” (2001), “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008), “Pacific Rim” (2013) and “Crimson’s Peak” (2015). A multi-nominated and winning Oscar recipient, his most recognized contributions have been “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), “The Shape of Water” (2017), “Nightmare Alley” (2021), and “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (2022), for which he is nominated for nine awards including best picture and director. He’s the first director of an animated feature to be nominated by the organization. The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association salutes the Mexican auteur and looks forward to more stunning work throughout his lifetime.