Number: | 20 |
Award: | Youth in Film Awards |
Award Link: | Young Artist Award |
Date: | March 6, 1999 |
Site: | Sportsmen's Lodge Studio City, California |
Awarded For: | Achievement in the 1997—1998 season |
Host: | Jena Malone R.J. Arnett Roland Thomson Justin Thomsom Selwyn Ward Tracy Lynn Cruz |
Website: | YoungArtistAwards.org |
Last: | 19th |
Next: | 21st |
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.[1] [2] [3] The hosts for the ceremony that evening were Jena Malone, R.J. Arnett, Roland Thomson, Justin Thomsom, Selwyn Ward and Tracy Lynn Cruz.[4]
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.[1] [5] [6]
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]
★ Miko Hughes – Mercury Rising – Universal
★ (tie) Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap – Walt Disney Pictures
★ (tie) Jena Malone – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures
★ Michael Welch – – Paramount
★ Brigid Tierney – Affliction – Lions Gate Films
★ Liam Aiken – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures
★ Mae Whitman – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox
★ Ryan Merriman – Everything That Rises – TNT
★ Dominique Swain – Lolita – Showtime
★ Courtland Mead – Emma's Wish – NBC
★ Haylie Duff – Addams Family Reunion – HBO
★ Zachery Ty Bryan – Home Improvement – ABC
★ Lacey Chabert – Party of Five – FOX
★ Ryan Merriman – The Pretender – NBC
★ Scarlett Pomers – – UPN
★ Eric Lloyd – Jesse – NBC
★ Ashley Monique Clark – The Hughleys – ABC
★ Seth Adkins – The Pretender – NBC
★ Chaz Monet – Any Day Now – Lifetime
★ (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
★ (tie) Anna Chlumsky – Cupid – ABC
★ (tie) Ashley & Lindsey Trefger – Home Improvement – ABC
★ Adrienne Frantz – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS
★ (tie) Paul Robert Langdon – The Spiral Staircase – CBS
★ (tie) Connor Matheus – The Hughleys – ABC
★ Chaz Monet – Ruby Bridges – ABC
★ Courtland Mead – Recess – ABC
★ Aria Noelle Curzon – The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks
★ Slappy and the Stinkers – 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
★ The Sweetest Gift – 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
★ Promised Land – 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
★ Sabrina Goes to Rome – ABC
★ Promised Land – CBS
★ The Hughleys – ABC
★ From the Earth to the Moon – HBO
★ The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks
★ The Mask of Zorro – Tristar
★ Stepmom – Columbia
★ 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.
★ CBS Television Network – For its family value shows, with particular mention of Touched by an Angel.
★ Drew Barrymore
★ Johnny Whitaker
★ Gary LeRoi Gray – For "I.H.O.P."
★ Julianne Michelle – For her magnificent achievements in raising funds for charities.