18th Youth in Film Awards

18th Youth in Film Awards
Awarded for Achievement in the 19951996 season
Date 1997
Site Hollywood, California
Official website YoungArtistAwards.org
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The 18th 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, music and radio for the 1995-1996 season, and took place in 1997 in Hollywood, California.[1][2][3]

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.[1][4][5]

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]

Best Young Performer in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

Lucas Black - Sling Blade

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress

Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet the Spy

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor

Blake Bashoff - Big Bully

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress

(tie) Vanessa Lee Chester - Harriet the Spy
(tie) Claire Danes - To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actor Age Ten or Under

Jonathan Lipnicki - Jerry McGuire

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actress Age Ten or Under

Mae Whitman - One Fine Day

Best Young Performer in a Foreign Film

Best Performance in a Foreign Film

Andrei Chalimon - Kolya (Czech Republic)

Best Young Performer in a TV Movie or Mini Series

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actor

Kenny Vadas - Captains Courageous

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actress

Jena Malone - Bastard Out of Carolina

Best Young Performer in a Television Series

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actor

Shawn Toovey - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actress

Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actor

Michael Galeota - Bailey Kipper's P.O.V.

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actress

Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actor

Billy L. Sullivan - Something So Right

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actress

Kaitlin Cullum - Grace Under Fire

Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama: Supporting Young Actor Age Ten or Under

Curtis Williams Jr. - The Parent 'Hood

Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama: Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under

Ashli Amari Adams - The Parent 'Hood

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor

Ben Salisbury - Promised Land

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

Scarlett Pomers - Touched By An Angel

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Guest Starring Young Performer

(tie) Seth Adkins - Sabrina the Teenage Witch
tie) Courtney Peldon - Home Improvement

Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actor

Kyle Sabihy - The Bold and the Beautiful

Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actress

Landry Albright - The Bold and the Beautiful

Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over

Best Performance in a Voice-Over: Young Artist

Jonathan Taylor Thomas - The Adventures of Pinocchio

Best Young Ensemble Performance

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Home Video: Young Ensemble

What Love Sees

Trevor O'Brien, Courtland Mead, Ashlee Lauren, Cody McMains
William Greenblatt, Kimberlee Peterson, Trevor O'Brien, Hanna Hall
Jimmy Galeota, Michael Galeota, Christopher Ball, Alex Miranda, Thomas Hobson
Trenton Knight, Megan Paul, Josh Wolford, Michael Friedman, Jordan Brower

Best Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher

Ross Malinger, Jonathan Hernandez, Kyle Gibson, Arjay Smith, Cara Delizia
Lindsey McKeon, Samantha Becker, Sarah Lancaster, Anthony Harrell, Ben Gould, Richard Lee Jackson
Erika Page, Jeffrey Licon, Gemini Barnett, Jeremy Togerson, Jon Torgerson, Ashley Gorrell, Zelda Harris

Best Young Host in Television or Radio

Outstanding Host: Television or Radio

Lindsay - Radio AAHS

Best Young Entertainer: Acting and Singing

Best Male Entertainer

Adam Wylie

Best Female Entertainer

Kristi McClave

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Network

What Love Sees - CBS

Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Cable

Captains Courageous - Family Channel

Best Family TV Drama Series

7th Heaven - WB

Best Family TV Comedy Series

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher - WB

Best Educational Film or TV Show

Nick News - Nickelodeon

Best Family Feature Film: Foreign

Kolya - (Czech Republic)

Best Family Feature Film: Animation or Special Effects

James and the Giant Peach - Walt Disney

Best Family Feature Film: Musical or Comedy

One Fine Day - 20th Century Fox

Best Family Feature Film: Drama

Fly Away Home - Columbia Pictures

Youth In Film's Special Awards

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

The Reppies - For Best Musical and Inspirational Show for Children

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

Dana Lightstone - Producer, Children's Productions

Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award

Paul Petersen - The Donna Reed Show

Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial

Travis Tedford - Welch's Grape Juice & Jelly

Scholarship Recipients

Gabby and Katie Gillette
Aimee Walker

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Crouse, Richard (2005). Reel Winners (illustrated ed.). Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-55002-574-0.
  2. Riggs, Thomas (2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 0-7876-9047-3.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "18th Youth In Film Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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