30th Young Artist Awards


The 30th 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 and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on March 29, 2009 at Universal Studios' Globe Theatre in Universal City, California. Special guest performers for the ceremony that year included Russian musical artists, "Street Magic" and Las Vegas father and son acrobat team, "The Kalinins."
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.

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actor

Nate Hartley - Drillbit Taylor - Paramount Pictures
Dakota Fanning - The Secret Life of Bees - Fox Searchlight
Brandon Soo Hoo - Tropic Thunder - DreamWorks SKG
Christian Serratos - Twilight - Summit Entertainment
' - New Line Cinema

Best Performance in an International Feature Film - Leading Young Performers

Brandon Walters - Australia - 20th Century Fox

Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actor

Cainan Wiebe - A Pickle
- Pudge

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

Alex Black - Generation Gap - RHI Entertainment
Selena Gomez - Another Cinderella Story - Warner Brothers
Joseph Castanon - Comanche Moon - CBS
- The Two Mr. Kissels - Lifetime Television

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

Graham Patrick Martin - The Bill Engvall Show - TBS
Miranda Cosgrove - iCarly - Nickelodeon
Larramie "Doc" Shaw - Tyler Perry's House of Payne - TNT
Bella Thorne - My Own Worst Enemy - NBC
Carlos Knight - ER - NBC
Joey Luthman - Private Practice - ABC
- Supernatural - Warner Brothers
Mick Hazen - As the World Turns - CBS
Erin Sanders - The Young and the Restless - CBS
The Bill Engvall Show - TBS

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role - Young Actor

David Gore - Fly Me to the Moon - Summit Entertainment
Emily Hirst - The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Bandai Entertainment

Best Performance in a DVD Film

Billy Unger - Cop Dog - Marvista Entertainment

Best Performance in Live Theater / Host

Shemar Charles - Pop It! - Hop To It Productions

Outstanding Live Family Act

"The Kalinins" – Misha and Ivan Kalinin – Acrobats

Outstanding International Feature Film Ensemble

Slumdog Millionaire

Outstanding Broadway Musial Ensemble

Billy Elliot the Musical

Jackie Coogan Award

Contribution to Youth

Kenny Ortega, Producer / Director / Choreographer – High School Musical

Michael Landon Award

Contribution to Youth

Gary Sinise, Actor / Humanitarian – Co-Founder: Operation Iraqi Children

Social Relations of Knowledge Institute Award

Brink - The Science Channel

Outstanding Contribution to Family Entertainment

Bolt
Captain Abu Raed
The Lucky Ones
Mamma Mia!
WALL-E