20th Youth in Film Awards


The 20th 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 and television for the 1997–1998 season, and took place on March 6, 1999, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California. The hosts for the ceremony that evening were Jena Malone, R.J. Arnett, Roland Thomson, Justin Thomsom, Selwyn Ward and Tracy Lynn Cruz.
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.

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Young Performer in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

Miko HughesMercury Rising – Universal
Lindsay LohanThe Parent TrapWalt Disney Pictures
Jena Malone – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures
Michael Welch' – Paramount'
Brigid Tierney – AfflictionLions Gate Films
Liam AikenStepmom – Columbia Pictures
Mae WhitmanHope Floats – 20th Century Fox

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor

Ryan MerrimanEverything That Rises – TNT
Dominique SwainLolita – Showtime
Courtland MeadEmma's Wish – NBC
Haylie DuffAddams Family Reunion – HBO

Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor

Zachery Ty BryanHome Improvement – ABC
Lacey ChabertParty of Five – FOX
Ryan Merriman – The Pretender – NBC
Scarlett Pomers' – UPN'
Eric LloydJesse – NBC
Ashley Monique ClarkThe Hughleys – ABC
Seth AdkinsThe Pretender – NBC
Chaz Monet – Any Day Now – Lifetime
Robert Bailey Jr. – Becker – CBS
Bobby Brewer – Suddenly Susan – NBC
Bobby EdnerStep By Step – CBS
Sam GifaldiSuddenly Susan – NBC
Jarrett Lennon – Boy Meets World – ABC

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

Anna ChlumskyCupid – ABC
Ashley & Lindsey Trefger – Home Improvement – ABC

Best Performance in a Daytime Serial: Young Performer

Adrienne FrantzThe Bold and the Beautiful – CBS

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under

Paul Robert Langdon – The Spiral Staircase – CBS
Connor Matheus – The Hughleys – ABC
Chaz Monet – Ruby Bridges – ABC

Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actor

Courtland Mead – Recess – ABC
Aria Noelle CurzonThe Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble

Slappy and the Stinkers – Columbia
The Sweetest Gift – Showtime
Promised Land – CBS

Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series

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

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

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.

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television

CBS Television Network – For its family value shows, with particular mention of Touched by an Angel.

The Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Awards

Drew Barrymore
Johnny Whitaker

The Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial Award

Gary LeRoi Gray – For "I.H.O.P."

The Community Service Award

Julianne Michelle – For her magnificent achievements in raising funds for charities.