Visiones: Latino Art & Culture

• “IMAGEN AWARD” Documentary Film Category, Imagen Foundation

Accordion Dreams

• “RAINBOW AWARD” at the Great Plains Film Festival- Best Film on Latino Culture

Forgotten Americans

• 2000 “FIRST PLACE”,32nd Annual Media Awards Competition, National Council on Family Relations

The Border

• 2000 EMMY Nomination “Outstanding Achievement, Magazine Program Program”

Chicano! History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

• 1997 “GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD”
• 1997 “TELLY AWARD

Songs of the Homeland

• 1995 “JURY AWARD” CineFestival Latino Film Festival
• 1994 “AWARD OF EXCELLENCE” CineSol Latino Film Festival

The Hunt For Pancho Villa

• 1994 IMAGEN AWARD DOCUMENTARY FILM CATEGORY, Imagen Foundation
• 1994 CINE GOLDEN EAGLE
• 1993 SPUR AWARD: “Best Western TV Script-Documentary”, Western Writers of America, Inc

Los Mineros

• 1994 SXSW Award Winner in the Best Documentary Category by Southwest Film & Media Conference

New Harvest Old Shame

• 1991 “GOLD APPLE AWARD” on domestic social issues, National Educational Film & Video Festival
• 1991 BLUE RIBBON AWARD, American Film & Video Festival

Checking It Out

• 1982 ACT AWARD, by: Action on Children’s Television

End of the Race

• 1982 BRONZE AWARD, International Film and Television Festival of New York
• 1982 BRONZE Award, Houston International Film Festival

HONORS

• 2008 Proclamation by the city of San Angelo, Tx for Outstanding Achievement in film
• 2005 Distinguished Filmmaker Award, Cine Cuauhtemoc Pan American Film Festival
• 2003 Armando Marroquin Lifetime Achievement Award: Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Museum
• 2003 Texas State Bar:Distinguished Service, Legal/Business Aspects of Film/Music
• 2000 Premio Estrella Recipient, Dallas CineFiesta Film Festival
• 2000 Special Recognition for Outstanding Achievement, City of Dallas
• 1999 AT&T Spirit of Communication Award
• 1998 Cultural Arts Award: Hispanic Caucus: American Ass. of Higher Education
• 1998 Retrospective of Hector Galán’s work at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC
• 1997 Texas Tech Mass Communications Alumnus Outstanding
• 1997 Hispanic Business Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Hispanics in America
• 1996 Texas flag flown over State Capitol in Hector Galán’s Honor: House of Rep.