The 21st Young Artist Awards ceremony (formerly known as the Youth in Film Awards ), presented by the
Young Artist Association , honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television and theatre for the year 1999, and took place on March 19, 2000, at the
Sportsmen's Lodge in
Studio City, California .
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The announcer for the evening was William H. Bassett. The hosts for the evening were
Austin O'Brien ,
Trevor O'Brien ,
Cody McMains ,
Michelle Trachtenberg , Kaitlin Cullum and
Kimberly Cullum . Performers for the evening included, Girls On-Q, Adam Nicholson,
Adam Wylie and
Blake McIver Ewing .
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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 .
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Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
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Best Performance in a Feature Film
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor
★
Haley Joel Osment -
The Sixth Sense - Disney (Buena Vista Pictures)
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress
★
Kimberly J. Brown -
Tumbleweeds - Fine Line Features
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor
★ (tie)
Reeve Carney -
Snow Falling on Cedars - Universal
★ (tie)
Ryan Merriman -
The Deep End of the Ocean - Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress
★
Thora Birch -
American Beauty - DreamWorks SKG
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★
Jake Lloyd -
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace - 20th Century Fox
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★
Scarlett Pomers -
Happy, Texas - Miramax
Best Performance in an International Film
Best Performance in an International Film: Young Performer
★ Wei Minzhi -
Not One Less - China
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Leading Young Actor
★
Mason Gamble -
Anya's Bell - CBS
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Leading Young Actress
★
Jamie Renee Smith - My Last Love - ABC
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Supporting Young Actor
★
Drake Bell -
The Jack Bull - HBO
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Supporting Young Actress
★
Hilary Duff -
The Soul Collector - CBS
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Young Actor Age Ten or Under
★
Marc Donato - Locked in Silence - Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Young Actress Age Ten or Under
★ Brittney Lee Harvey - Mr. Murder - ABC
Best Performance in a Drama Series
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Leading Young Actor
★
Austin O'Brien -
Promised Land - CBS
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Leading Young Actress
★
Beverley Mitchell -
7th Heaven - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor
★
Dan Byrd -
Any Day Now - Lifetime
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Shari Dyon Perry -
Any Day Now - Lifetime
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Young Actor Age Ten and Under
★ Myles Jeffrey -
Early Edition - CBS
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Young Actress Age Ten and Under
★
Mae Middleton -
Any Day Now - Lifetime
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor
★ Tony C. Barriere -
Any Day Now - Lifetime
Best Performance in a Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress
★ Kaitlin Cullum -
7th Heaven - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a Comedy Series
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor
★
Thomas Dekker -
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Syndicated
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress
★
Georgina Sherrington -
The Worst Witch - HBO
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor
★ Andrew Ducote -
Thanks - CBS
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress
★ Kerry Duff -
The Famous Jett Jackson - Disney Channel
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Young Performer Age Ten or Under
★
Sara Paxton -
Working - NBC
Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Performer
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J.B. Gaynor -
Boy Meets World - ABC
Best Performance in a Soap Opera
Best Performance in a Soap Opera: Young Actor
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David Lago -
The Young and the Restless - CBS
Best Performance in a Soap Opera: Young Actress
★ Taylor Anne Mountz -
Passions - NBC
Best Performance in a Voice-Over
Best Performance in a Voice-Over (TV or Feature Film): Young Actor
★
Eli Marienthal -
The Iron Giant - Warner Brothers
Best Performance in a Voice-Over (TV or Feature Film): Young Actress
★
Aria Noelle Curzon - Dan Danger - Nickelodeon
Best Ensemble Performance
Best Performance in a Feature Film or TV Movie: Young Ensemble
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Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season - Warner Brothers
Zachary Browne , Rachel David, Marissa Leigh,
Joe Pichler and
Caitlin Wachs
Erin Adams,
Sarah Hyland ,
Lalaine ,
Alicia Morton , Nanea Miyata, Marissa Rago and Danelle Wilson
The Artists Specials:
Mary Cassatt , an American Impressionist - HBO
Emma Isherwood , Jonathan Koensgen and
Charlotte Sullivan
Michael Angarano , Melay Araya, Henry Dinhoffer, Jean Luke Figueroa, Victoria Gomez, Justin Spaulding, Zoe Sternbach-Taubman and
Jade Yorker
Best Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble
★
The Jersey - Disney Channel
Courtnee Draper ,
Michael Galeota , Theo Greenly and
Jermaine Williams
John Francis Daley ,
James Franco ,
Sarah Hagen , Jarrett Lennon,
Samm Levine ,
Seth Rogen ,
Jason Segel and
Martin Starr
Jesse Eisenberg , Kyle Brent Gibson,
Anne Hathaway and
Eric Christian Olsen
Trevor Blumas ,
Alex Campbell ,
Brittney Irvin ,
Corey Sevier and
Rachel Skarsten
Orlando Brown , Christopher Khayman Lee, Jeremy Lelliott, Chyler Lleigh and Jamie Williams
Erik von Detten ;
Patrick Levis ;
Cara DeLizia ;
Eric Lively
Best Family Entertainment
Best Family TV Movie or Pilot: Network
★
Anya's Bell - CBS
Best Family TV Movie or Pilot: Cable
★ Summer's End - Showtime
The Thirteenth Year - Disney Channel
A Lesson Before Dying - HBO
Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story - Showtime
Hayley Wagner, Star - Showtime
Horse Sense - Disney Channel
Sea People - Showtime
The Artist Specials: Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist - HBO
Best Animated TV Show or Series
★
Sabrina: The Animated Series - ABC
Best Family TV Drama Series
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Judging Amy - CBS
Best Family TV Comedy Series
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Freaks and Geeks - NBC
Best Family Feature Film for 1999: Animated
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Toy Story 2 - Disney
Best Family Feature Film for 1999: Comedy
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Stuart Little - Columbia Pictures
Best Family Feature Film for 1999: Drama
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Music of the Heart - Miramax
Best International Film
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Not One Less - China
Special awards
Outstanding Young Performer in Theater
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Roberto Cisneros -
The Smuin Ballet ,
San Francisco
Outstanding Young Performers in a Television Commercial
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Hallie Kate Eisenberg -
Pepsi
★ Connor Matheus -
K-Mart
The Jackie Coogan Award
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
★
George Lucas - Producer,
Lucasfilm
The Mickey Rooney Award
Former Child Star Life Achievement Award
★
Lucille Bliss - voice of "
Anastasia " in Disney's
Cinderella (1950)
The Michael Landon Award
★ Kids On Stage For A Better World
Young Artist Awards Scholarship
★ R. J. Arnett
References
External links
Ceremonies Feature film awards Television awards Special awards Founder