Date March 6, 1999 | Official website YoungArtistAwards.org | |
Awarded for Achievement in the 1997—1998 season Site Sportsmen's LodgeStudio City, California Hosted by Jena MaloneR.J. ArnettRoland ThomsonJustin ThomsomSelwyn WardTracy Lynn Cruz |
The 20th 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 and television for the 1997-1998 season, and took place on March 6, 1999 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California. The hosts for the ceremony that evening were Jena Malone, R.J. Arnett, Roland Thomson, Justin Thomsom, Selwyn Ward and Tracy Lynn Cruz.
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 Drama or Comedy Series Leading Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy 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 Comedy Series Supporting Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy 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 Guest Starring Young Actor
- Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series Guest Starring Young Actress
- Best Performance in a Daytime Serial Young Performer
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Series Young Actor Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Mini Series Series Young Actress Age Ten or Under
- Best Performance in a Voice Over in a Feature or TV Best Young Actor
- Best Performance in a Voice Over in a Feature or TV Best Young Actress
- Best Performance in a Feature Film Young Ensemble
- Best Performance in a TV Movie Pilot Made for Video Young Ensemble
- Best Performance in a TV Series Young Ensemble
- Best Family TV Movie Pilot Mini Series
- Best Family TV Drama Series
- Best Family TV Comedy Series
- Best Educational TV Show or Series
- Best Family Feature Film Animated
- Best Family Feature Film Comedy
- Best Family Feature Film Drama
- Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
- Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
- The Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Awards
- The Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial Award
- The Community Service 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, theater and music.
Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor
★ Miko Hughes - Mercury Rising - Universal
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
★ (tie) Lindsay Lohan - The Parent Trap - Walt Disney Pictures
★ (tie) Jena Malone - Stepmom - Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
★ Michael Welch - Star Trek: Insurrection - Paramount
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
★ Brigid Tierney - Affliction - Lions Gate Films
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★ Liam Aiken - Stepmom - Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★ Mae Whitman - Hope Floats - 20th Century Fox
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor
★ Ryan Merriman - Everything That Rises - TNT
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actress
★ Dominique Swain - Lolita - Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Courtland Mead - Emma's Wish - NBC
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Haylie Duff - Addams Family Reunion - HBO
Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor
★ Zachery Ty Bryan - Home Improvement - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress
★ Lacey Chabert - Party of Five - FOX
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Ryan Merriman - The Pretender - NBC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Scarlett Pomers - Star Trek: Voyager - UPN
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Eric Lloyd - Jesse - NBC
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Ashley Monique Clark - The Hughleys - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
★ Seth Adkins - The Pretender - NBC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
★ Chaz Monet - Any Day Now - Lifetime
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
★ (tie) Robert Bailey Jr. - Becker - CBS
★ (tie) Bobby Brewer - Suddenly Susan - NBC
★ (tie) Bobby Edner - Step By Step - CBS
★ (tie) Sam Gifaldi - Suddenly Susan - NBC
★ (tie) Jarrett Lennon - Boy Meets World - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
★ (tie) Anna Chlumsky - Cupid - ABC
★ (tie) Ashley & Lindsey Trefger - Home Improvement - ABC
Best Performance in a Daytime Serial: Young Performer
★ Adrienne Frantz - The Bold and the Beautiful - CBS
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★ (tie) Paul Robert Langdon - The Spiral Staircase - CBS
★ (tie) Connor Matheus - The Hughleys - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★ Chaz Monet - Ruby Bridges - ABC
Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actor
★ Courtland Mead - Recess - ABC
Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actress
★ Aria Noelle Curzon - The Prince of Egypt - DreamWorks
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble
★ Slappy and the Stinkers - Columbia
Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Travis Tedford, Carl Michael Lindner, Scarlett PomersBest Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Made-for-Video: Young Ensemble
★ The Sweetest Gift - Showtime
Kristin Fairlie, Dylon Provencher, Marc DonatoBest Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble
★ Promised Land - CBS
Austin O'Brien, Eddie Karr, Sarah SchaubBest Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series
★ Sabrina Goes to Rome - ABC
Best Family TV Drama Series
★ Promised Land - CBS
Best Family TV Comedy Series
★ The Hughleys - ABC
Best Educational TV Show or Series
★ From the Earth to the Moon - HBO
Best Family Feature Film: Animated
★ The Prince of Egypt - DreamWorks
Best Family Feature Film: Comedy
★ The Mask of Zorro - Tristar
Best Family Feature Film: Drama
★ Stepmom - Columbia
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
★ Miramax Films - For having brought to the American audience so many outstanding domestic and foreign films featuring young performers. Their precedent lives on with the Italian film: Life Is Beautiful - starring the young Giorgio Cantarini.
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
★ CBS Television Network - For its family value shows, with particular mention of Touched by an Angel.
The Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Awards
★ Drew Barrymore
★ Johnny Whitaker
The Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial Award
★ Gary LeRoi Gray - For "I.H.O.P."
The Community Service Award
★ Julianne Michelle - For her magnificent achievements in raising funds for charities.