Date March 14, 1998 Official website YoungArtistAwards.org | Site Hollywood, California | |
Awarded for Achievement in the 1996—1997 season |
The 19th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theatre for the 1996-1997 season, and took place on March 14, 1998, in Hollywood, California.
Contents
- Categories
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actress
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Supporting Young Actor
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Supporting Young Actress
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Actor Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Actress Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Leading Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Leading Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Supporting Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Supporting Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Young Actor Age 10 or Under
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Young Actress Age 10 or Under
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Leading Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Leading Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Supporting Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Supporting Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Guest Starring Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Drama Series Guest Starring Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Leading Young Performer
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Supporting Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Supporting Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Guest Starring Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Guest Starring Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Young Actor Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Young Actress Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a Daytime Drama Young Performers Male Female
- Best Performance in a Voice Over TV or Film Young Actor
- Best Performance in a Voice Over TV or Film Young Actress
- Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film Young Ensemble
- Best Family TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Network
- Best Family TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Cable
- Best Educational TV Show
- Best Family TV Comedy Series
- Best Family TV Drama Series
- Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
- Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
- Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial
- Outstanding Young Performers Live Theatre
- Scholarship Recipients
- Best Family Feature Films
- Best Family Foreign Film
- Best Young Performers in a Foreign Film
- Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award
- References
Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member, Maureen Dragone, the Youth in Film Association was the first organization to establish an awards ceremony specifically set to recognize and award the contributions of performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theatre and music.
Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor
★ (tie) Blake Heron - Shiloh
★ (tie) Kevin Zegers - Air Bud
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
★ Mara Wilson - A Simple Wish
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
★ Jeremy Foley - Dante's Peak
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
★ Jessica Biel - Ulee's Gold
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★ Joseph Ashton - The Education of Little Tree
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★ Jamie Renée Smith - Dante's Peak
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor
★ Gregory Smith - Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actress
★ Jena Malone - Ellen Foster
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Edwin Hodge - Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Shadia Simmons - In His Father's Shoes
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Young Actor Age 10 or Under
★ Seth Adkins - First Do No Harm
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Young Actress Age 10 or Under
★ Kristen Bone - Flood: A River's Rampage
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actor
★ (tie) Austin O'Brien - Promised Land
★ (tie) Michael Yarmush - My Life as a Dog
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actress
★ (tie) Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven
★ (tie) Sarah Schaub - Promised Land
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Ryan Merriman - The Pretender
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Brittany Tiplady - Millennium
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
★ Trevor O'Brien - Promised Land
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
★ Cara Rose - Touched by an Angel
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Performer
★ Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Kyle Sabihy - Hiller and Diller
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Michelle Trachtenberg - Meego
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
★ Kyle Gibson - Jenny
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
★ Sydney Berry - 3rd Rock from the Sun
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★ Jonathan Osser - Hiller and Diller
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★ Madylin Sweeten - Everybody Loves Raymond
Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Performers (Male & Female)
★ Lamont Bentley (Male) - Moesha
★ Brandy (Female) - Moesha
Best Performance in a Voice-Over - TV or Film: Young Actor
★ Mathew Valencia - The New Batman Adventures
Best Performance in a Voice-Over - TV or Film: Young Actress
★ Francesca Smith - Hey Arnold!
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Feature Film: Young Ensemble
★ The Right Connections
Elizabeth Hart, Emily Hart, Alexandra Hart-Gilliams, Brian Hart, Melissa Joan HartBest Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series (Network)
★ First Do No Harm - ABC
Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series (Cable)
★ The Right Connections - Showtime
Best Educational TV Show
★ Bear in the Big Blue House - Disney Channel
Best Family TV Comedy Series
★ Sabrina the Teenage Witch - ABC
Best Family TV Drama Series
★ (tie) Promised Land - CBS
★ (tie) 7th Heaven - WB
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
★ The Education of Little Tree - Paramount
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
★ Bryton McClure
Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial
★ Alan James Morgan - Target Corporation
Outstanding Young Performers Live Theatre
★ Blake McIver Ewing
★ Danielle Wiener
Scholarship Recipients
★ Michael Seale, Jr.
★ Josh Evans
Best Family Feature Films
★ Animation: Anastasia - 20th Century Fox
★ Comedy: Air Bud - Disney
Best Family Foreign Film
★ Ponette (France) - Arrow Releasing
Best Young Performers in a Foreign Film
★ Victoire Thivisol - Ponette (France)
★ Misha Philipchuk - The Thief (Russia)
Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award
★ Gigi Perreau