18th Youth in Film Awards
The 18th Youth in Film Awards ceremony, 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.
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.
Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.Best Young Performer in a Feature Film
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor
Lucas Black - Sling Blade- Vincent Kartheiser - Alaska
- Joe Perrino - Sleepers
- Kyle Howard - House Arrest
- Kevin Bishop - Muppet Treasure Island
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
- Mara Wilson - Matilda
- Thora Birch - Alaska
- Anna Paquin - Fly Away Home
- Heather Matarazzo - Welcome to the Dollhouse''
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
- Gregory Smith - Harriet the Spy
- Brawley Nolte - Ransom
- Geoffrey Wigdor - Sleepers
- Adam Zolotin - Jack
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
★ Claire Danes - To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
- Jessica Wesson - Flipper
- Kira Spencer Hesser - Matilda
- Erin Williby - First Kid
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actor Age Ten or Under
- Alex D. Linz - One Fine Day
- Jake Lloyd - Unhook the Stars
- Haley Joel Osment - Bogus
- Eric Lloyd, - Dunston Checks In
- Ross Bagley - Independence Day
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Actress Age Ten or Under
- Ashley Buccille - Phenomenon
- Siri Howard - Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Yvonne Zima - The Long Kiss Goodnight
Best Young Performer in a Foreign Film
Best Performance in a Foreign Film
★ Andrei Chalimon - Kolya- Chloe Ferguson - The Quiet Room
- Tiba Tossijn - Long Live the Queen
- Tatjana Trieb - Beyond Silence
- Gregg Fitzgerald - War of the Buttons
Best Young Performer in a TV Movie or Mini Series
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actor
★ Kenny Vadas - Captains Courageous- Shelton Dane - Hidden in America
- Noah Fleiss - Chasing the Dragon
- Devon Sawa - Night of the Twisters
- Erik von Detten - Christmas Every Day
- Tim Redwine - Step Toward Tomorrow
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Mini Series: Young Actress
- Kimberlee Peterson - Homecoming
- Rebekah Johnson - Ruby Jean and Joe
- Julia McIlvaine - The Summer of Ben Tyler
- Tegan Moss - The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue
- Allison Jones - Nightjohn
Best Young Performer in a Television Series
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actor
★ Shawn Toovey - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman- David Gallagher - 7th Heaven
- Ryan Merriman - The Pretender
- Austin O'Brien - Promised Land
- George O. Gore II - New York Undercover
- Darris Love - The Secret World of Alex Mack
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Young Actress
- Lacey Chabert - Party of Five
- Ashley Peldon - The Pretender
- Jessica Bowman - Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
- Sarah Schaub - Promised Land
- Larisa Oleynik - The Secret World of Alex Mack''
Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actor
- Matthew and Andrew Lawrence - Brotherly Love
- Ben Savage - Boy Meets World
Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Leading Young Actress
- Brandy Norwood - Moesha
- Tia and Tamera Mowry - Sister, Sister
Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actor
- Zane Carney - Dave's World
- Shaun Weiss - Mr. Rhodes
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 3rd Rock From the Sun
- Rider Strong - Boy Meets World
Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Supporting Young Actress
- Kaitlin Cullum - Grace Under Fire"
- Marne Patterson - Something So Right
- Lindsay Sloane - Mr. Rhodes
- Alana Austin - Ink
- Danielle Fishel - Boy Meets World''
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama: Supporting Young Actor Age Ten or Under
- Andrew Ducote - Dave's World
- Marcus Paulk - Moesha
- Hayden Tank - The Young and the Restless
- Eddie Karr - Promised Land
- Haley Joel Osment - The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Best Performance in a TV Comedy/Drama: Supporting Young Actress Age Ten or Under
- Alexa Vega - Life's Work
- Mackenzie Rosman - 7th Heaven
- Brittany Tiplady - Millennium
- Caitlin Wachs - Profiler
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
- Nathan Watt - Chicago Hope
- Zachary McLemore - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Elijah Wood -
- Sam Gifaldi - Touched By An Angel
- Austin O'Brien - ER
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
- Tabitha Lupien - Goosebumps
- Teru McDonald - Pandora's Clock
- Kirsten Dunst - ER
- Francesca Smith - The Secret World of Alex Mack
Best Performance in a TV Comedy: Guest Starring Young Performer
★ tie) Courtney Peldon - Home Improvement
- Robin Marie Verner - Sister, Sister
- Shay Astar - 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Miles Marsico - Married... with Children
- Bridget Flanery - Pearl
Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actor
- Christian Seifert - As the World Turns
- Steven Hartman - The Bold and the Beautiful
- Jonathan Jackson - General Hospital
- Spencer Treat Clark - Another World
Best Performance in a Daytime Drama: Young Actress
- Alison Sweeney - Days of Our Lives
- Erin Torpey - One Life to Live
- Kimberly McCullough - General Hospital
- Kimberly Brown - Guiding Light
Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over
Best Performance in a Voice-Over: Young Artist
★ Jonathan Taylor Thomas - The Adventures of Pinocchio- Paul Terry - James and the Giant Peach
- Adam Wylie - All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
- Charity Sanoy - Rugrats
Best Young Ensemble Performance
Best Performance in a TV Movie / Home Video: Young Ensemble
★ What Love Sees- Homecoming
- Clubhouse Detectives
- Forest Warrior
Best Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble
- Second Noah
Best Young Host in Television or Radio
Outstanding Host: Television or Radio
★ Lindsay - Radio AAHS- R. J. Arnett - Radio AAHS
- Roland Thomson - World Youth News
Best Young Entertainer: Acting and Singing
Best Male Entertainer
★ Adam Wylie- Chris Allport
- Josh Keaton
Best Female Entertainer
- Nassira Nicola
- Ivyann Schwan
Best Family Entertainment
Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Network
★ What Love Sees - CBS- The Summer of Ben Tyler - CBS
- Step Toward Tomorrow - CBS
- Gulliver's Travels - NBC
Best Family TV Movie or Mini Series: Cable
- Nightjohn - The Disney Channel
- Homecoming - Showtime
- The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue - Family Channel
- Christmas Every Day - Family Channel
Best Family TV Drama Series
- The Secret World of Alex Mack - Nickelodeon
- Promised Land - CBS
- Touched By An Angel - CBS
Best Family TV Comedy Series
Best Educational Film or TV Show
★ Nick News - Nickelodeon- The Leopard Son - Discovery Pictures
- Kratt's Creatures - Paragon Entertainment
- Wishbone - Big Feats Entertainment
Best Family Feature Film: Foreign
- Luna e l'altra
- Long Live the Queen
- Beyond Silence
- War of the Buttons
- The Eighth Day
Best Family Feature Film: Animation or Special Effects
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Walt Disney
- Space Jam - Warner Brothers
- Muppet Treasure Island - Walt Disney
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 - MGM
Best Family Feature Film: Musical or Comedy
- That Thing You Do - 20th Century Fox
- 101 Dalmatians - Walt Disney
- Dunston Checks In - 20th Century Fox
- Jack - Hollywood Pictures
Best Family Feature Film: Drama
- Alaska - Castle Rock
- Harriet the Spy - Paramount
- Flipper - Universal
- Bogus - Warner Brothers
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 ChildrenThe Michael Landon Award
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
★ Dana Lightstone - Producer, Children's ProductionsFormer Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award
Paul Petersen - The Donna Reed ShowOutstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial
★ Travis Tedford - Welch's Grape Juice & JellyScholarship Recipients
★ Gabby and Katie Gillette★ Aimee Walker