24th Young Artist Awards


The 24th 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, theater, music, and radio for the year 2002, and took place on March 29, 2003 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.
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

Tyler Hoechlin - Road to Perdition - DreamWorks/20th Century Fox
Alexa Vega - ' - Buena Vista'
★ Marc Donato - White Oleander - Warner Brothers
★ 'Eva Amurri - The Banger Sisters - Fox Searchlight Pictures
★ Tyler Patrick Jones - Red Dragon - Universal Pictures
★ Caitlin EJ Meyer - Little Secrets - Columbia Tristar/Samuel Goldwyn

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

★ Jeremy Sumpter - Just A Dream - Showtime
★ Clara Bryant - Tru Confessions - Disney Channel
★ Ryan Merriman - Taken - Sci-Fi Channel
★ Hallee Hirsh - My Sister's Keeper - CBS

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

★ Gregory Smith - Everwood - WB
★ 'Masiela Lusha - The George Lopez Show - ABC
★ Steven Anthony Lawrence - Even Stevens - Disney Channel
★ Emily Hart - Sabrina the Teenage Witch - WB
★ 'Dylan Cash - General Hospital - ABC
★ Sasha Pieterse - Family Affair - WB
★ Alex Black - Charmed - WB
★ Sara Paxton - ' - CBS'
★ Christopher Massey - The Parkers - UPN
★ 'Amy Castle - Lizzie McGuire - Disney Channel
★ Gavin Fink - The X-Files - FOX
★ Jessica Sara - My Wife and Kids - ABC
★ Malcolm in the Middle - Fox

Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role

★ Thomas Dekker - ' - Universal'
★ Daveigh Chase - Lilo & Stitch - Disney

Best Performance in a Commercial

★ Christian Roberts - 7 Up

Best Family Television Movie or Special

★ My Sister's Keeper - CBS
★ The George Lopez Show - ABC
★ ' - DreamWorks'
★ ' - MGM/UA'
★ ' - New Line Cinema'
★ ' - Paramount

Best Young Performers in International Film

★ Yoo Seung-ho - The Way Home - Paramount Classics
★ Natalie Bjork - Alla älskar Alice - Nordisk Films

Best Young Ensemble in International Film

★ Kamchatka - Patagonik Film Group - Tomas Fonzi, Matias Del Pozo, Milton De La Canal

Best International Film

★ Zmeg –

Best Young International Performer

★ Declan Galbraith - Declan - Xenex Music Group/Liberty EMI Records UK

Best Young Performers in a Theatre Production

★ Adam Wylie - For his role as "Jack" in the 2002 Broadway production of Into The Woods.
★ Tierra Abbott - For her role as the blind Helen Keller in the Curtis Theater of Brea, California production of The Miracle Worker.

Best Young Performer in a Radio Advertisement

★ Mackenzie Hannigan - For his portrayal of "Bobby Saunders", the "Get Smart" spokes-kid for "Smart & Final".

Young Artist Foundation Scholarship Award

★ Joseph Aaron

Former Child Star Life Achievement Award

'Danny Bonaduce - For his role as "Danny Partridge" in the TV series The Partridge Family''.