11th Youth in Film Awards


The 11th 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 1988-1989 season, and took place in the spring of 1990 in Hollywood, 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.

Categories

Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture

Sean Astin - Staying Together
Winona Ryder - Great Balls of Fire!
Hugh O'Conor - My Left Foot
Gaby Hoffmann - Field of Dreams

Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special

Brian Austin Green - Adventures in Babysitting
Juliet Sorcey - '

Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series

Neil Patrick Harris - Doogie Howser, M.D.
Jodie Sweetin - Full House
Malcolm-Jamal Warner - The Cosby Show
Andrea Barber - Full House
Randy Josselyn - Family Matters
Solaz - The Judge
- It's Garry Shandling's Show
Lark Voorhies - Saved by the Bell
R. J. Williams - General Hospital
Ashley Peldon - Guiding Light

Outstanding Performance by an Actor Under 9 Years of Age

Brian Bonsall - Family Ties
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - Full House

Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast

' -, A.J. Johnson,, T. C. Carson, Swain Perry,, Robert Bady, and '

Best Family TV Movie Pilot or Special

I Know My First Name Is Steven
Major Dad
Out of This World

Best Family Motion Picture: Adventure or Cartoon

The Little Mermaid
Back to the Future Part II
Parenthood
Dead Poets Society

Former Child Star - Life Achievement Award

Jon Provost - Lassie

Former Child Star - Life Achievement Award

Margaret O'Brien - Journey for Margaret

The Michael Landon Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth through Television

Donna Metroff, Producer - WonderWorks PBS

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth through Motion Pictures

Norman Twain, Producer - Lean on Me

Inspiration to Youth

Christopher Burke - Life Goes On

Best Young Actor Under 9 Appearing in a Foreign Film

Salvatore Cascio - Cinema Paradiso

Outstanding Young Actor in a Foreign Film

- When the Whales Came

Outstanding Young Actress in a Foreign Film

- When the Whales Came

Best Foreign Film

When the Whales Came