20th Youth in Film Awards
Awarded for	Achievement in the 1997—1998 season
Date	March 6, 1999
Site	Sportsmen's Lodge Studio City, California
Hosted by	Jena Malone R.J. Arnett Roland Thomson Justin Thomsom Selwyn Ward Tracy Lynn Cruz
Official website	YoungArtistAwards.org
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The 20th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Awards), 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.^[1][2][3] The hosts for the ceremony that evening were Jena Malone, R.J. Arnett, Roland Thomson, Justin Thomsom, Selwyn Ward and Tracy Lynn Cruz.^[4]

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.^[1][5][6]

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.^[3]

★ Miko Hughes – Mercury Rising – Universal

• Michael Caloz – Little Men – Warner Bros.
• Joseph Cross – Wide Awake – Miramax
• Kieran Culkin – The Mighty – Miramax
• Kyle Gibson – True Friends – 2nd Generation Films
• Joseph Mazzello – Simon Birch – Hollywood Pictures
• Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy – Warner Bros.
• Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch – Hollywood Pictures
• Gregory Smith – Small Soldiers – DreamWorks
• Kevin Zegers – Air Bud: Golden Receiver – Keystone Entertainment

★ (tie) Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap – Walt Disney Pictures
★ (tie) Jena Malone – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures

• Kirsten Dunst – Small Soldiers – DreamWorks
• Jennifer Love Hewitt – Can't Hardly Wait – Columbia Pictures
• Scarlett Johansson – The Horse Whisperer – Touchstone Pictures
• Emily Lipoma – Frog and Wombat – Pigtail Productions
• Leelee Sobieski – A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries – October Films
• Katie Stuart – Frog and Wombat – Pigtail Productions

★ Michael Welch – Star Trek: Insurrection – Paramount

• Bryan Burke – True Friends – 2nd Generation Films
• Kristian De La Osa – Madeline – Tristar
• Edward Furlong – American History X – New Line Cinema
• Mason Gamble – Rushmore – Touchstone Pictures
• Jack Johnson – Lost in Space – New Line Cinema
• Cody Lightning – Smoke Signals – Miramax
• Miles Marsico – Rhapsody in Bloom – Becker Films

★ Brigid Tierney – Affliction – Lions Gate Films

• Camilla Belle – Practical Magic – Warner Bros.
• Lacey Chabert – Lost in Space – New Line Cinema
• Auriol Evans – Hilary and Jackie – October Films
• Keeley Flanders – Hilary and Jackie – October Films
• Kyla Pratt – Dr. Dolittle – 20th Century Fox
• Michelle Williams – Halloween: H20 – Miramax
• Evan Rachel Wood – Practical Magic – Warner Bros.

★ Liam Aiken – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures

• Cameron Finley – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox
• Jason Fuchs – Mafia! – Touchstone
• Darrell Johnston – Dancing at Lughnasa – Sony
• Robby Seager – Splitsville – Cineville Productions

★ Mae Whitman – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox

• Rachel Chamberlain – Faith – Alynne Entertainment
• Alana De Roma – Amy – Cascade Films
• Hallie Kate Eisenberg – Paulie – DreamWorks
• Kulani Hassen – Down in the Delta – Miramax
• Hatty Jones – Madeline – Tristar

★ Ryan Merriman – Everything That Rises – TNT

• Carlo Alban – Thicker Than Blood – TNT
• Brendan Ryan Barrett – Logan's War: Bound By Honor – ABC
• Trevor Blumas – Stranger in Town – Showtime
• Jordan Kiziuk – The Island on Bird Street – Showtime

★ Dominique Swain – Lolita – Showtime

• Kimberly J. Brown – Halloweentown – Disney Channel
• Kristin Fairlie – The Sweetest Gift – Showtime
• Kashmir Jones – World Upon Her Shoulder – Lifetime
• Brittany Murphy – David and Lisa – ABC

★ Courtland Mead – Emma's Wish – NBC

• Cody Jones – Running Wild – Showtime
• Eric Lloyd – Chameleon – UPN
• Shawn Pyfrom – A Wing and a Prayer – USA Network
• Kenny Vadas – Galileo – Family Channel
• Daniel Williams – Always Outnumbered – HBO

★ Haylie Duff – Addams Family Reunion – HBO

• Courtney Red-Horse Mohl – Naturally Native – Independent Feature / Project West
• Brooke Nevin – Running Wild – Showtime

★ Zachery Ty Bryan – Home Improvement – ABC

• Thomas Dekker – Honey, I shrunk the Kids – Disney
• David Lago – Hollywood Safari – Animal Planet Channel
• Robert Ri'chard – Cousin Skeeter – Nickelodeon
• Taran Noah Smith – Home Improvement – ABC
• Shawn Toovey – Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman – CBS
• Lee Thompson Young – The Famous Jett Jackson – The Disney Channel

★ Lacey Chabert – Party of Five – FOX

• Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy the Vampire Slayer – FOX
• Brandy Norwood – Moesha – UPN
• Larisa Oleynik – The Secret World of Alex Mack – Nickelodeon

★ Ryan Merriman – The Pretender – NBC

• Joseph Ashton – L.A. Doctors – CBS
• Corey Sevier – Little Men – PAX
• Myles Jeffrey – Early Edition – CBS
• Trevor Morgan – ER – NBC
• Shane Sweet – The Journey of Allen Strange – Nickelodeon
• Oren Williams – Chicago Hope – CBS

★ Scarlett Pomers – Star Trek: Voyager – UPN

• Erica & Vanessa Jimenez-Alvarado – L.A. Doctors – CBS
• Mae Middleton – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Sarah Rayne – Legacy – UPN
• Shari Dyon Perry – Any Day Now – Lifetime
• Brittany Tiplady – Millennium – FOX
• Caitlin Wachs – Profiler – CBS

★ Eric Lloyd – Jesse – NBC

• Justin Berfield – Unhappily Ever After – UPN
• Justin Cooper – Brother's Keeper – ABC
• Dee Jay Daniels – The Hughleys – ABC
• Trevor Einhorn – Brother's Keeper – ABC
• Maestro Harrell – Guys Like Us – UPN
• Deon Richmond – Sister, Sister – WB
• Jeffrey Schoeny – Oh Baby – Lifetime

★ Ashley Monique Clark – The Hughleys – ABC

• Kaitlin Cullum – Grace Under Fire – ABC
• Brittany & Brianna McConnell – Maggie Winters – CBS
• Courtney Mun – Guys Like Us – UPN
• Natasha Slayton – Brother's Keeper – ABC
• Madylin Sweeten – Everybody Loves Raymond – CBS
• Karle Warren – DiResta – UPN

★ Seth Adkins – The Pretender – NBC

• Jeremy Foley – Touched by an Angel – CBS
• Craig Hauer – 7th Heaven – WB
• Zack Hopkins – Promised Land – CBS
• Nathan Lawrence – Touched by an Angel – CBS
• Joey Pardon – High Incident – ABC
• Billie Thomas – The Practice – ABC

★ Chaz Monet – Any Day Now – Lifetime

• Camilla Belle – Walker, Texas Ranger – CBS
• Kimberly Cullum – Nothing Sacred – ABC
• Olivia Marisco – Hyperion Bay – WB
• Ashley Peldon – The Pretender – ABC
• Nicholle Tom – Welcome to Paradox – Sci-Fi Channel
• Danielle Wiener – Beverly Hills, 90210 – FOX

★ (tie) Robert Bailey Jr. – Becker – CBS
★ (tie) Bobby Brewer – Suddenly Susan – NBC
★ (tie) Bobby Edner – Step By Step – CBS
★ (tie) Sam Gifaldi – Suddenly Susan – NBC
★ (tie) Jarrett Lennon – Boy Meets World – ABC

★ (tie) Anna Chlumsky – Cupid – ABC
★ (tie) Ashley & Lindsey Trefger – Home Improvement – ABC

• Courtney Peldon – Home Improvement – ABC
• Caitlin Wachs – To Have & to Hold – CBS

★ Adrienne Frantz – The Bold and the Beautiful – CBS

• Kimberly J. Brown – Guiding Light – CBS
• Ashley Monique Clark – Sunset Beach – NBC
• Camryn Grimes – The Young and the Restless – CBS
• Steven Hartman – The Young and the Restless – CBS
• Jonathan Jackson – General Hospital – ABC
• Logan O'Brien – General Hospital – ABC
• Carly Schroeder – Port Charles – CBS

★ (tie) Paul Robert Langdon – The Spiral Staircase – CBS
★ (tie) Connor Matheus – The Hughleys – ABC

• Brent Meyer – The Sweetest Gift – Showtime
• Lowell Raven – Naturally Native – Independent Feature / Project West
• Jacob Smith – Party of Five – FOX

★ Chaz Monet – Ruby Bridges – ABC

• Hilary Duff – Casper Meets Wendy – FOX Channel
• Britt McKillip – In the Dog House – Showtime
• Carly McKillip – Stranger in Town – Showtime
• Dara Perlmutter – Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story – USA

★ Courtland Mead – Recess – ABC

• Miko Hughes – The Rugrats Movie – Paramount
• Myles Jeffrey – Babe: Pig in the City – Universal
• Mathew Valencia – The New Batman/Superman Adventures – WB
• Phillip Van Dyke – Hey Arnold! – Nickelodeon
• Michael Yarmush – Arthur – PBS

★ Aria Noelle Curzon – The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks

• Ashley Johnson – Recess – ABC
• Julia McIlvaine – KaBlam! – Nickelodeon
• Hayden Panettiere – A Bug's Life – Walt Disney
• Sabrina Wiener – The Wild Thornberrys – Nickelodeon

★ Slappy and the Stinkers – Columbia

Joseph Ashton, Gary LeRoi Gray, Travis Tedford, Carl Michael Lindner, Scarlett Pomers

• 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain – Tristar

Mathew Botuchis, Michael J. O'Laskey II, J.P. Roeske II

• The Borrowers – Polygram

Bradley Pierce, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams, Flora Newbigin

★ The Sweetest Gift – Showtime

Kristin Fairlie, Dylon Provencher, Marc Donato

• Ruby Bridges – ABC

Chaz Monet, Kiara Tucker, Whitney Tucker, Christopher Stokes

• The Echo of Thunder – CBS

Lauren Hewett, Emily Jane Browning, Chelsea Yates, Ben Hanson

• Bus 9 – Nickelodeon

Jessica DiCicco, Keith Franklin, Peter Tombaki, Julianne Michelle

★ Promised Land – CBS

Austin O'Brien, Eddie Karr, Sarah Schaub

• 7th Heaven – WB

Beverley Mitchell, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, David Gallagher, Mackenzie Rosman

• That '70s Show – FOX

Topher Grace, Laura Prepon, Mila Kunis, Wilmer Valderrama, Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher

• Hiller and Diller – ABC

Kyle Sabihy, Faryn Einhorn, Jillian Berard, Jonathan Osser

★ Sabrina Goes to Rome – ABC

• The Sweetest Gift – Showtime
• In the Dog House – Showtime
• The Echo of Thunder – CBS
• Nicholas' Gift – CBS
• Merlin – NBC
• Everything that Rises – TNT

★ Promised Land – CBS

• Touched by an Angel – CBS
• 7th Heaven – Warner Bros.
• The Journey of Allen Strange – Nickelodeon
• Little Men – PAX

★ The Hughleys – ABC

• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch – ABC
• Two of a Kind – ABC
• Smart Guy – Warner Bros.
• Flipper: The New Adventures – PAX

★ From the Earth to the Moon – HBO

• Wishbone – PBS
• Bear in the Big Blue House – Disney Channel
• Blue's Clues – Nickelodeon
• Wild About Animals – ABC

★ The Prince of Egypt – DreamWorks

• A Bug's Life – Walt Disney Pictures
• Babe: Pig in the City – Universal
• Mulan – Walt Disney Pictures
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie – Goodtimes Entertainment
• The Rugrats Movie – Paramount

★ The Mask of Zorro – Tristar

• The Borrowers – Polygram
• The Parent Trap – Walt Disney Pictures
• Madeline – Tristar
• Paulie – DreamWorks
• Patch Adams – Universal

★ Stepmom – Columbia

• The Mighty – Miramax
• Wide Awake – Miramax
• Simon Birch – Hollywood Pictures
• The Truman Show – Paramount
• Star Trek: Insurrection – Paramount
• Lost in Space – New Line Cinema

★ 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.

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

★ Drew Barrymore
★ Johnny Whitaker

★ Gary LeRoi Gray – For "I.H.O.P."

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

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