Gael García Bernal To Be Honored With Life & Legacy Award At Annual Día de Muertos Celebration
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Gael García Bernal (The Motorcycle Diaries, Cassandro) will be honored with the inaugural Premio Vida y Legado (Life and Legacy Award) at the annual Día de Muertos celebration to be held on November 1 at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary in Los Angeles.
Now in its third year, the event is a tribute to Latino culture and the Mexican tradition of honoring family who have passed and bringing together family who are chosen. “I’m honored to present the inaugural Día de Muertos Award to Gael García Bernal, a true cinematic icon whose brilliant work as both a producer and actor has brought Latino stories to life and given them a space in mainstream culture,” Carlos Eric Lopez, the Mexican-American fine art and celebrity photographer who hosts the yearly dinner, told Deadline in a statement.
For more than three decades, Bernal has helped push Latino representation in Hollywood forward with his performances in lauded projects like The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel, A Little Bit of Heaven and Coco, to name a few of his big-screen hits.
With Amores Perros, Y Tu Mamá También, Rudo y Cursi and Casa De Mi Padre, he put Spanish-language cinema on the map for a generation—oftentimes alongside longtime friend and collaborator, Diego Luna.
Read more on deadline.com