31st Young Artist Awards

31st Young Artist Awards
Awarded for Achievement in 2009 in film and television
Date April 11, 2010
Site Beverly Garland Hotel
Studio City, Los Angeles, California
Official website YoungArtistAwards.org
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The 31st Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theatre and music for the year 2009, and took place on April 11, 2010 at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Hotel in North Hollywood, California.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Established in 1978 by long-standing Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Maureen Dragone, the Young Artist 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.[1][3][7]

Categories

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.[6]

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor

★ Max Records - Where The Wild Things Are - Warner Brothers

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress

★ Abigail Breslin - My Sister's Keeper - New Line Cinema

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor

★ Ty Wood - The Haunting in Connecticut - Lionsgate

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress

★ (tie) Sofia Vassilieva - My Sister's Keeper - New Line Cinema
★ (tie) Jessica Carlson - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - Universal

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast

★ Shorts - Warner Brothers

Jimmy Bennett, Jake Short, Devon Gearhart, Leo Howard, Jolie Vanier and Trevor Gagnon
Megan Parker, Henri Young, Regan Young, Austin Robert Butler and Carter Jenkins

Best Performance in an International Feature Film

Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers

★ Leonard Proxauf & Leonie Benesch (Germany) - Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) - Sony Pictures Classics

Best Performance in a Short Film

Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor

★ Joey Luthman - Save the Skeet

Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress

★ Madison Leisle - City of Lights

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actor

★ Joey Pollari - Skyrunners - Disney XD

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Leading or Supporting Young Actress

★ Tori Barban - The Christmas Hope - Lifetime

Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor

★ Alex Ferris - Living Out Loud - Hallmark Channel

Best Performance in a TV Series

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor

★ Calum Worthy - Stormworld - Space

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actress

★ Ryan Newman - Zeke and Luther - Disney XD

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actor

★ Ryan Malgarini - Gary Unmarried - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Supporting Young Actress

★ Kathryn Newton - Gary Unmarried - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 14 and Over

★ Nate Hartley - Hannah Montana - Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actor 13 and Under

★ Billy Unger - Mental - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Series - Guest Starring Young Actress

★ Emily Evan Rae - Private Practice - ABC

Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor 14 and Over

★ Mick Hazen - As the World Turns - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actor 13 and Under

★ Colin Ford - Supernatural - CW

Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Young Actress

★ Haley Pullos - General Hospital - ABC

Outstanding Young Ensemble Performers in a TV Series

★ Modern Family - ABC

Rico Rodriguez II, Nolan Gould and Ariel Winter
Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress, Jennette McCurdy and Noah Munck
Calum Worthy, Andrew Jenkins and Valentina Barron

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor/Actress

★ Jordan Nagai - Up - Walt Disney Pictures

Best Performance in a DVD Film

Best Performance in a DVD Film - Young Actor/Actress

★ Matthew Knight - Gooby - ConeyBeare Stories

Best Performance in Live Theater

Best Performance in Live Theater - Young Actor/Actress

★ Sterling Beaumon - Big: the musical - El Centro Theater, Hollywood

Special Awards

Outstanding Young International Vocalist

★ Yatharth (यथार्थ), Varanasi, India – Finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs – Zee TV

Outstanding Young International Instrumentalist

★ Sungha Jung (정성하), Chungju, South Korea – Acoustic Finger-Style Guitarist

Jackie Coogan Award

Contribution to Youth Through Entertainment

★ The Beach Boys – Fifty Years of Outstanding Music

Michael Landon Award

For Humanitarian Service

★ George Clooney, Actor / Humanitarian – Co-founder: Not On Our Watch Project

Former Child Star - Life Achievement Award

★ Kathy Garver – "Cissy" in the CBS TV series Family Affair

Social Relations of Knowledge Institute Award

★ The Universe – The History Channel

Outstanding Contribution to Family Entertainment

★ Minor Details – Best Family Film
★ Where the Wild Things Are
★ The 101 Dalmatians Musical
★ Up

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 "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. ↑ "KABC-TV - Budding stars shine at Young Artist Awards". ABCLocal.go.com. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. ↑ "Child/Teen Star Winners Announced at 31st Annual Young Artist Awards" (PDF). The Young Artist Foundation. April 11, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "31st Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
  7. ↑ "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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