18th Youth in Film Awards

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18th Youth in Film Awards
Awarded forAchievement in the 19951996 season
Date1997
SiteHollywood, California
Hosted byMara Wilson
Official websiteYoungArtistAwards.org

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[edit]

Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]

Best Young Performer in a Feature Film[edit]

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor[edit]

Lucas Black - Sling Blade

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress[edit]

Michelle Trachtenberg - Harriet the Spy

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor[edit]

Blake Bashoff - Big Bully

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress[edit]

(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[edit]

Jonathan Lipnicki - Jerry Maguire

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

Mae Whitman - One Fine Day

Best Young Performer in a Foreign Film[edit]

Best Performance in a Foreign Film[edit]

Andrei Chalimon - Kolya (Czech Republic)

Best Young Performer in a TV Movie or Mini Series[edit]

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

Kenny Vadas - Captains Courageous

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

Jena Malone - Bastard Out of Carolina

Best Young Performer in a Television Series[edit]

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actor[edit]

Shawn Toovey - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actress[edit]

Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actor[edit]

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

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actress[edit]

Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actor[edit]

Billy L. Sullivan - Something So Right

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actress[edit]

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

Curtis Williams Jr. - The Parent 'Hood

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

Ashli Amari Adams - The Parent 'Hood

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

Ben Salisbury - Promised Land

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

Scarlett Pomers - Touched By An Angel

Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Guest Starring Young Performer[edit]

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

Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actor[edit]

Kyle Sabihy - The Bold and the Beautiful

Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actress[edit]

Landry Albright - The Bold and the Beautiful

Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over[edit]

Best Performance in a Voice-Over: Young Artist[edit]

Jonathan Taylor Thomas - The Adventures of Pinocchio

Best Young Ensemble Performance[edit]

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

What Love Sees

Trevor O'Brien, Courtland Mead, Ashlee Lauren, Cody McMains
William Greenblatt, Kimberlee Peterson, Trevor O'Brien, Hanna Hall
  • Clubhouse Detectives
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[edit]

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[edit]

Outstanding Host: Television or Radio[edit]

Lindsay - Radio AAHS

  • R. J. Arnett - Radio AAHS
  • Roland Thomson - World Youth News

Best Young Entertainer: Acting and Singing[edit]

Best Male Entertainer[edit]

Adam Wylie

Best Female Entertainer[edit]

Kristi McClave

Best Family Entertainment[edit]

Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Network[edit]

What Love Sees - CBS

Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Cable[edit]

Captains Courageous - Family Channel

Best Family TV Drama Series[edit]

7th Heaven - WB

Best Family TV Comedy Series[edit]

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher - WB

Best Educational Film or TV Show[edit]

Nick News - Nickelodeon

Best Family Feature Film: Foreign[edit]

Kolya - (Czech Republic)

Best Family Feature Film: Animation or Special Effects[edit]

James and the Giant Peach - Walt Disney

Best Family Feature Film: Musical or Comedy[edit]

One Fine Day - 20th Century Fox

Best Family Feature Film: Drama[edit]

Fly Away Home - Columbia Pictures

Youth In Film's Special Awards[edit]

The Jackie Coogan Award[edit]

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures[edit]

The Reppies - For Best Musical and Inspirational Show for Children

The Michael Landon Award[edit]

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television[edit]

Dana Lightstone - Producer, Children's Productions

Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award[edit]

Paul Petersen - The Donna Reed Show

Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial[edit]

Travis Tedford - Welch's Grape Juice & Jelly

Scholarship Recipients[edit]

Gabby and Katie Gillette
Aimee Walker

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "18th Youth In Film Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2011-04-02. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. ^ "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. ^ "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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