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 1997âÂÂ1998 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.
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.
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Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Young Performer in a Feature Film
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor
â Miko Hughes â Mercury Rising â Universal
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
â (tie) Lindsay Lohan â The Parent Trap â Walt Disney Pictures<br> â (tie) Jena Malone â Stepmom â Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
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Michael Welch â ' â Paramount
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
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Brigid Tierney â Affliction â Lions Gate Films
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
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Liam Aiken â Stepmom â Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
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Mae Whitman â Hope Floats â 20th Century Fox
Best Young Performer in a TV Movie, Pilot or Mini-Series
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor
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Ryan Merriman â Everything That Rises â TNT
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actress
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Dominique Swain â Lolita â Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor
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Courtland Mead â Emma's Wish â NBC
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actress
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Haylie Duff â Addams Family Reunion â HBO
- Courtney Red-Horse Mohl â Naturally Native â Independent Feature / Project West
- Brooke Nevin â Running Wild â Showtime
Best Young Performer in a Television Series
Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor
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Zachery Ty Bryan â Home Improvement â ABC
Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress
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Lacey Chabert â Party of Five â FOX
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor
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Ryan Merriman â The Pretender â NBC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress
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Scarlett Pomers â ' â UPN
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor
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Eric Lloyd â Jesse â NBC
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress
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Ashley Monique Clark â The Hughleys â ABC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
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Seth Adkins â The Pretender â NBC
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
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Chaz Monet â Any Day Now â Lifetime
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
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(tie) Robert Bailey Jr. â Becker â CBS<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Bobby Brewer â Suddenly Susan â NBC<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Bobby Edner â Step By Step â CBS<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Sam Gifaldi â Suddenly Susan â NBC<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Jarrett Lennon â Boy Meets World â ABC
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
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(tie) Anna Chlumsky â Cupid â ABC<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Ashley & Lindsey Trefger â Home Improvement â ABC
Best Young Performer in a TV Daytime Series
Best Performance in a Daytime Serial: Young Performer
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Adrienne Frantz â The Bold and the Beautiful â CBS
Best Young Performer Age 10 or Under
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
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(tie) Paul Robert Langdon â The Spiral Staircase â CBS<br> âÂÂ
(tie) Connor Matheus â The Hughleys â ABC
- Brent Meyer â The Sweetest Gift â Showtime
- Lowell Raven â Naturally Native â Independent Feature / Project West
- Jacob Smith â Party of Five â FOX
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
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Chaz Monet â Ruby Bridges â ABC
Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over
Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actor
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Courtland Mead â Recess â ABC
Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actress
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Aria Noelle Curzon â The Prince of Egypt â DreamWorks
Best Young Ensemble Performance
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble
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Slappy and the Stinkers â Columbia
Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Travis Tedford, Carl Michael Lindner, Scarlett Pomers
Mathew Botuchis, Michael J. O'Laskey II, J.P. Roeske II
Bradley Pierce, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, Flora Newbigin
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Made-for-Video: Young Ensemble
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The Sweetest Gift â Showtime
Kristin Fairlie, Dylon Provencher, Marc Donato
Chaz Monet, Kiara Tucker, Whitney Tucker, Christopher Stokes
Lauren Hewett, Emily Jane Browning, Chelsea Yates, Ben Hanson
Jessica DiCicco, Keith Franklin, Peter Tombaki, Julianne Michelle
Best Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble
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Promised Land â CBS
Austin O'Brien, Eddie Karr, Sarah Schaub
Beverley Mitchell, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, David Gallagher, Mackenzie Rosman
Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher
Kyle Sabihy, Faryn Einhorn, Jillian Berard, Jonathan Osser
Best Family Entertainment
Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series
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Sabrina Goes to Rome â ABC
Best Family TV Drama Series
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Promised Land â CBS
Best Family TV Comedy Series
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The Hughleys â ABC
Best Educational TV Show or Series
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From the Earth to the Moon â HBO
Best Family Feature Film: Animated
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The Prince of Egypt â DreamWorks
Best Family Feature Film: Comedy
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The Mask of Zorro â Tristar
Best Family Feature Film: Drama
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Stepmom â Columbia
Special awards
The Jackie Coogan Award
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
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Miramax Films â 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 â starring the young Giorgio Cantarini.
The Michael Landon Award
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
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CBS Television Network â For its family value shows, with particular mention of Touched by an Angel.
The Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Awards
â Drew Barrymore<br> â Johnny Whitaker
The Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial Award
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Gary LeRoi Gray â For "I.H.O.P."
The Community Service Award
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Julianne Michelle â For her magnificent achievements in raising funds for charities.
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