21st Young Artist Awards


The 21st 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 and theatre for the year 1999, and took place on March 19, 2000 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.
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.
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

Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense - Disney
Kimberly J. Brown - Tumbleweeds - Fine Line Features
Reeve Carney - Snow Falling on Cedars - Universal
Ryan Merriman - The Deep End of the Ocean - Columbia Pictures
Thora Birch - American Beauty - DreamWorks SKG
Jake Lloyd - ' - 20th Century Fox'
Scarlett Pomers - Happy, Texas - Miramax

Best Performance in an International Film: Young Performer

Wei Minzhi - Not One Less - China

Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot: Leading Young Actor

Mason Gamble - Anya's Bell - CBS
Jamie Renee Smith - ' - ABC
Drake Bell - The Jack Bull - HBO
Hilary Duff - The Soul Collector - CBS
Marc Donato - Locked in Silence - Showtime
- ' - ABC

Best Performance in a Drama Series: Leading Young Actor

Austin O'Brien - Promised Land - CBS
Beverley Mitchell - 7th Heaven - Warner Brothers
Dan Byrd - Any Day Now - Lifetime
Shari Dyon Perry - Any Day Now - Lifetime
Myles Jeffrey - Early Edition - CBS
Mae Middleton - Any Day Now - Lifetime
- Any Day Now - Lifetime
Kaitlin Cullum - 7th Heaven - Warner Brothers

Best Performance in a Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor

Thomas Dekker - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Syndicated
Georgina Sherrington - The Worst Witch - HBO
Andrew Ducote - Thanks - CBS
- The Famous Jett Jackson - Disney Channel
Sara Paxton - Working - NBC
J.B. Gaynor - Boy Meets World - ABC

Best Performance in a Soap Opera: Young Actor

David Lago - The Young and the Restless - CBS
Taylor Anne Mountz - Passions - NBC

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

Eli Marienthal - The Iron Giant - Warner Brothers
Aria Noelle Curzon - Dan Danger - Nickelodeon

Best Performance in a Feature Film or TV Movie: Young Ensemble

' - Warner Brothers
The Jersey - Disney Channel

Best Family TV Movie or Pilot: Network

Anya's Bell - CBS
Summer's End - Showtime
' - ABC'
Judging Amy - CBS
Freaks and Geeks - NBC
Toy Story 2 - Disney
Stuart Little - Columbia Pictures
Music of the Heart - Miramax
Not One Less - China

Outstanding Young Performer in Theater

Roberto Cisneros - The Smuin Ballet, San Francisco

Outstanding Young Performers in a Television Commercial

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

The Michael Landon Award

Community Service to Youth

Kids On Stage For A Better World

Young Artist Awards Scholarship

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