10th Youth in Film Awards


The 10th 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, theater and music for the 1987-1988 season, and took place on May 6, 1989, at the Registry Hotel in Universal City, 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, theater and music.
The 10th Youth in Film Awards marked the first year the ceremony was moved from the fall to the spring. This 5 month "push-back" effectively resulted in no ceremony taking place during the 1988 calendar year, however, performances during late 1987 and 1988 were recognized at the 10th annual ceremony.

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture: Drama

Christian Bale - Empire of the Sun
Hayley Taylor Block - Touch of a Stranger
Corey Feldman - License to Drive
Corey Haim - License to Drive
Heather Graham - License To Drive
Lukas Haas - Lady in White
Kristy Swanson - Flowers in the Attic
Ryan Leigh Lewis - Little Brother
Jessica Leigh Hinds - Edifice Complex
Brandon Quintin Adams - Moonwalker

Best Young Actor in a TV Special, Pilot, Movie of the Week, or Mini-Series

Lukas Haas - A Place At The Table
Jenny Lewis - My Father, My Son

Best Young Actor in a Nighttime Drama Series

Chad Allen - Our House
Tonya Crowe - Knots Landing
Fred Savage - The Wonder Years
Christina Applegate - Married... with Children
Michael Bays - Days of Our Lives
Lauralee Bell - The Young and the Restless
Chad Allen - My Two Dads
Devon Odessa - Highway to Heaven
Hakeem Abdul-Samad - Amen
Danica McKellar - The Wonder Years

Best Young Actor in a Family Syndicated Show

Wil Wheaton - ' '
Nicole Eggert - Charles in Charge
David Hoskins - Superior Court
Robin Lynn Heath - Superior Court

Best Young Actor in a Cable Family Series

Christopher Crabb - Danger Bay
Kaleena Kiff - The New Leave It to Beaver
Justin Hinds - ABC Afterschool Special - Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story
Jenny Lewis - 'A Friendship in Vienna

Best Young Actor Under 9 Years of Age

Brian Bonsall - Family Ties
Thora - Purple People Eater
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - Full House

Best Young Actor Voice-Over Role

Max Meier - Kissyfur
Soleil Moon Frye - It's Punky Brewster

Best Young Actor/Actress Ensemble in a Television Comedy, Drama Series, or Special

The Cosby Show - Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Lisa Bonet, Sabrina Le Beauf, Geoffrey Owens and Deon Richmond

Best Young Actor in Theater

Brice Beckham - Quirks
Tricia Cast - The Diary of Anne Frank

Most Promising Young Vocal Recording Artist: Actor

Corey Feldman
Tina Yothers

Best Family TV Special

A Very Brady Christmas
The Wonder Years
Roseanne

Lessons To Remember
Garfield and Friends

Best Family Motion Picture: Animation or Fantasy

Beetlejuice
Batteries Not Included
Running on Empty

Stead Fast Boy

Outstanding Young Stand-Up Comic

Scott Nemes

Youngest Achiever in Business and Entertainment

Randy Miller

Former Child Star Life Achievement Award

Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution To Youth Through Television

The young cast of Stand and Deliver

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Entertainment

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

Best Foreign Film

Pelle the Conqueror''

Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film

Pelle Hvenegaard - For his role in Pelle the Conqueror

Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film

Vanessa Guedj - For her role in Le Grand Chemin