13th Youth in Film Awards

Categories

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.

Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture

Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture

★ Ethan Randall Embry – Dutch (20th Century Fox)

• Jonathan Brandis – The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (Warner Bros)
• Balthazar Getty – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Samuel-Goldwyn)
• Lukas Haas – Rambling Rose (Seven Arts Pictures)
• Stian Smestad – Shipwrecked (Walt Disney)
• Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. – Bingo (TriStar)
• Elijah Wood – Paradise (Buena Vista)

Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture

★ Thora Birch – Paradise (Buena Vista)

• Mikki Allen – Regarding Henry (Paramount)
• Angela Goethals – V.I. Warshawki (Buena Vista)
• Milla Jovovich – Return to the Blue Lagoon (Columbia)
• Heather Graham – Shout (Universal)
• Reese Witherspoon – The Man in the Moon (MGM)

Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture

★ Daniel Newman – Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Bros)

• Michael Bacall – Shout (Universal)
• Kenny Blank – The Super (20th Century Fox)
• Danny Cooksey – Terminator 2: Judgment Day (TriStar)
• Gregor Hesse – Dead Again (Paramount)
• Kenny Morrison – The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (Warner Bros)
• Ernie Reyes, Jr. – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (New Line Cinema)

Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture

★ Sheila Rosenthal – Not Without My Daughter (MGM)

• Louisa Haigh – Shipwrecked (Walt Disney)
• Lisa Jakub – Rambling Rose (Seven Arts Pictures)
• Danielle Harris – Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Warner Bros)
• Ivyann Schwan – Problem Child 2 (Universal)
• Emily Warfield – The Man in the Moon (MGM)

Best Young Performer in a TV Movie or Special

Best Young Actor Starring in a television film

★ Lukas Haas – The Perfect Tribute (ABC)

• Lane Davis – Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story (CBS)
• Matthew Lawrence – The Summer My Father Grew Up (NBC)
• Ryan Todd – Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (CBS)

Best Young Actress Starring in a TV Movie

★ Ariana Richards – Switched at Birth (NBC)

• Kimberly Cullum – The Sitter (FOX)
• Erika Flores – Switched at Birth (NBC)
• Jenny Lewis – Runaway Father (CBS)

Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Special

★ Eugene Byrd – Perfect Harmony (Disney Channel)

• Joey Lawrence – Chains of Gold
• Jared Rushton – A Cry in the Wild (PBS)
• Justin Whalin – Perfect Harmony (Disney Channel)

Best Young Actress Starring in a Cable Special

★ Sarah Sawatsky – The Girl From Mars (Atlantic Films)

• Olivia Burnette – Final Verdict (TNT)
• Nicki Vannice – Sapphire Man
• Juliet Sorcey – Never Forget (TNT)

Best Young Performer in a Television Series

Best Young Actor Starring in a Television Series

★ Neil Patrick Harris – Doogie Howser, M.D. (ABC)

• Jay R. Ferguson – Evening Shade (CBS)
• Johnny Galecki – American Dreamer (NBC)
• Omri Katz – Eerie, Indiana (NBC)
• Corin Nemec – Parker Lewis Can't Lose (FOX)
• Scott Weinger – The Family Man (CBS)

Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series

★ Kellie Martin – Life Goes On (ABC)

• Maia Brewton – Parker Lewis Can't Lose (FOX)
• Shannen Doherty – Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX)
• Candace Hutson – Evening Shade (CBS)
• Marisa Ryan – Major Dad (CBS)

Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series

★ Adam Jeffries – True Colors (FOX)

• David Faustino – Married... with Children (FOX)
• Seth Green – Good & Evil (ABC)

Outstanding Young Comedienne in a Television Series

★ Sara Gilbert – Roseanne (ABC)

• Tatyana M. Ali – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC)
• Kellie Shanygne Williams – Family Matters (CBS)

Best Young Actor Starring in a New Television Series

★ Trevor Bullock – Davis Rules (ABC)

• Brandon Call – Step by Step (CBS)
• Danny Gerard – Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)
• Joey Lawrence – Blossom (NBC)
• Larenz Tate – The Royal Family (CBS)

Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series

★ Sylver Gregory – The Royal Family (CBS)

• Meghan Andrews – Flesh 'n' Blood (NBC)
• Mayim Bialik – Blossom (NBC)
• Olivia Burnette – The Torkelsons (NBC)
• Staci Keanan – Step by Step (CBS)
• Ashlee Levitch – I'll Fly Away (NBC)

Best Young Actor Starring in an Off-Prime Time or Cable Series

★ Richard Ian Cox – The Adventures of the Black Stallion (Family Channel)

• Robert Gavin – Land of the Lost (ABC)
• Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Saved by the Bell (NBC)
• Mario Lopez – Saved by the Bell (NBC)
• Will Nipper – The New Lassie (KCOP)
• Sean O'Neal – Clarissa Explains It All (Nickelodeon)
• Jaimz Woolvett – Dog House (Accolade Releasing)

Best Young Actress Starring in an Off-Prime Time or Cable Series

★ Melissa Joan Hart – Clarissa Explains It All (Nickelodeon)

• Elizabeth Berkley – Saved by the Bell (NBC)
• Wendy Cox – The New Lassie (KCOP)
• Jenny Drugan – Land of the Lost (ABC)
• Carol Ann Plante – Harry and the Hendersons (FOX)
• Tiffani-Amber Thiessen – Saved by the Bell (NBC)
• Lark Voorhies – Saved by the Bell (NBC)

Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Television Series

★ Brian Austin Green – Beverly Hills 90210 (FOX)

• Dustin Berkovitz – Sisters (NBC)
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Growing Pains (ABC)
• Jeremy Jackson – Baywatch (Syndication)
• Rigoberto Jimenez – Davis Rules (ABC)
• Christopher Pettiet – The Young Riders (ABC)
• Justin Shenkarow – Eerie, Indiana (NBC)

Best Young Actress Co-Starring in a Television Series

★ Jennie Garth – Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX)

• Andrea Barber – Full House (ABC)
• Danica McKellar – The Wonder Years (ABC)
• Lisa Rieffel – The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (CBS)
• Lisa Dean Ryan – Doogie Howser, M.D. (ABC)
• Tori Spelling – Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX)
• Jenna von Oÿ – Blossom (NBC)

Best Young Actor Co-Starring in an Off-Prime Time or Cable Series

★ Zachary Bostrom – Harry and the Hendersons (FOX)

• Andrew Bednarski – Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cops (CTV)
• Jordan Christopher Michael – Sessions
• Kevin Osgood – The Mickey Mouse Club (Disney Channel)
• Avi Phillips – Maniac Mansion (Family Channel)
• Josiah Trager – Big Brother Jake (Family Channel)
• Jason Zimbler – Clarissa Explains It All (Nickelodeon)

Best Young Actress Co-Starring in an Off-Prime Time or Cable Series

★ Gabrielle Carmouche – Big Brother Jake (Family Channel)

• Valentina Cardinalli – Dog House (Accolade Releasing)
• Jennifer Crystal – Sessions
• Kathleen Robertson – Maniac Mansion (Family Channel)

Best Young Actor Guest-Starring or Recurring Role in a TV Series

★ Brandon Crane – The Wonder Years (ABC)

• Brandon Quintin Adams – Drexell's Class (FOX)
• Tevin Campbell – The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (NBC)
• Grant Gelt – Northern Exposure (CBS)
• John Christian Graas – The New Zorro (Family Channel)
• Jason Marsden – Anything But Love (ABC)
• Michael Oliver – Drexell's Class (FOX)
• Justin Whalin – Blossom (NBC)

Best Young Actress Guest-Starring or Recurring Role in a TV Series

★ Robin Lynn Heath – Davis Rules (ABC)

• Erika Flores – The Owl (Lorimar)
• Ami Foster – Empty Nest (NBC)
• Lisa Gerber – The Wonder Years (ABC)
• Crystal McKellar – The Wonder Years (ABC)
• Alisan Porter – The Golden Girls (NBC)
• Jodi Peterson – The New Lassie (KCOP)
• Tori Spelling – Saved by the Bell (NBC)

Best Young Actor in a Daytime Series

★ Scott Groff – Days of Our Lives (NBC)

• Bryan Buffinton – Guiding Light (CBS)
• Brandon Farmer – Santa Barbara (NBC)
• Glenn Walker Harris Jr. – General Hospital (ABC)
• Tommy Michaels – All My Children (ABC)

Best Young Actress in a Daytime Series

★ Rachel Miner – Guiding Light (CBS)

• Suzanne Ekerling – General Hospital (ABC)
• Irene Ng – All My Children (ABC)
• Ashley Peldon – Guiding Light (CBS)
• Vicki Wauchope – Santa Barbara (NBC)

Outstanding Voice-Over in an Animation Series

★ Joshua Wiener – Back to the Future: The Animated Series (CBS)

• Chris Allport – Peter Pan and the Pirates (FOX)
• Anndi McAfee – Dink, the Little Dinosaur (CBS)
• Jason Marsden – Peter Pan and the Pirates (FOX)
• Janna Michaels – TaleSpin (Disney Channel)
• R.J. Williams – TaleSpin (Disney Channel)

Best Young Performer Under 10 Years of Age

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor Under 10

★ Taran Noah Smith – Home Improvement (ABC)

• John Aaron Bennett – I'll Fly Away (NBC)
• Tahj Mowry – Full House (ABC)
• Lee Norris – The Torkelsons (NBC)
• Jacob Parker – Evening Shade (CBS)
• Matthew Louis Seigel – Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)

Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress Under 10

★ Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – Full House (ABC)

• Rachel Duncan – The Torkelsons (NBC)
• Ashley Johnson – Growing Pains (ABC)
• Amber Rose Kelly – The Girl Who Came Between Them (NBC)
• Bethany Richards – Switched at Birth (NBC)
• Naya Rivera – The Royal Family (CBS)

Best Young Ensemble Performance

Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture

★ Boyz n the Hood (Columbia) – Desi Arnez Hines II, Baha Jackson and Donovan McCrary

• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Warner Bros) – Christina Applegate, Christopher Pettiet, Danielle Harris, Keith Coogan and Robert Hy Gorman
• Toy Soldiers (TriStar) – Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, T.E. Russell and George Perez

Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Television Series

★ Beverly Hills, 90210 (FOX) – Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Brian Austin Green, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Tori Spelling, and Gabrielle Carteris

• Full House - Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Andrea Barber, and Tahj Mowry (ABC)
• Step by Step - Josh Byrne, Christopher Castile, Brandon Call, Staci Keanan, Christine Lakin, and Angela Watson (ABC)
• Drexell's Class - Jason Biggs, Heidi Zeigler, Damian Cagnolatti, Matthew Lawrence, A.J. Langer, Brittany Murphy, Jacqueline Donnelly, and Matthew Slowik (FOX)
• Saved by the Bell (NBC) – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Dustin Diamond, Tiffani Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley, and Lark Voorhies
• Salute Your Shorts - Danny Cooksey, Heidi Lucas, Megan Berwick, Venus DeMilo Thomas, Michael Bower, Trevor Eyster, and Henry W. Laster (Nickelodeon)
• *The Wonder Years * (ABC) - Fred Savage, Danica McKellar, Josh Saviano, Jason Hervey, Michael Tricario

Best Young Hosts for a Variety or Game Show

Outstanding Hosts for a Youth Variety or Game Show

★ Wild and Crazy Kids (Nickelodeon) – Omar Gooding, Jessica Gaynes and Donnie Jeffcoat

• Wide World of Kids – Jason Hervey and Scott Grimes
• Youthquake (USA Network) – Jennifer Spears
• Wake, Rattle, and Roll (Disney Channel) – R.J. Williams

Best Family Television Entertainment

Best New Family Television Series

★ Brooklyn Bridge (CBS)

• Blossom (NBC)
• Davis Rules (ABC)
• Eerie, Indiana (NBC)
• Home Improvement (ABC)
• The Torkelsons (NBC)

Best Off-Prime Time or Cable Family Series

★ Harry and the Hendersons (FOX)

• The Adventures of the Black Stallion (Family Channel)
• Big Brother Jake (Family Channel)
• Land of the Lost (ABC)
• • Saved by the Bell* (NBC)
• The New Lassie (KCOP)
• The New Zorro (Family Channel)
• • The Wonder Years* (ABC)

Outstanding New Animation Series

★ Back to the Future: The Animated Series (CBS)

• Darkwing Duck (ABC)
• Doug (Nickelodeon)
• Space Cats (NBC)
• Taz-Mania (FOX)
• Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego (PBS)
• Where's Waldo (CBS)

Best Family Motion Picture Entertainment

Best Family Motion Picture: Comedy

★ What About Bob? (Buena Vista)

• Bingo (Tri-Star)
• Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Warner Bros)
• Dutch (20th Century Fox)

Best Family Motion Picture: Drama

★ Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Warner Bros)

• The Doctor (Buena Vista)
• The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (Warner Bros)
• Paradise (Buena Vista)
• Regarding Henry (Paramount)
• Shipwrecked (Walt Disney)

Youth In Film's Special Awards

Inspiration To Youth

★ Gregory Scott, Director

Outstanding Contribution to Children Through Music

★ Lisa Marie Nelson, Composer

The Michael Landon Award

A Tribute

★ Michael Landon, Producer (Posthumous) – Accepted by Christopher Landon

The Mickey Rooney Award

Former Child Stars

★ Brandon Cruz & Gloria Jean

Most Promising Young Newcomer

★ Edward Furlong

Hall of Fame Award

★ Christopher Burke

Outstanding Young Actor in a Foreign Film

★ '*Julien Ciamaca (France) – My Father's Glory & *My Mother's Castle'''''

Outstanding Young Actress in a Foreign Film

★ '*Marie Kleivdal Kristiansen (Norway) – *Måker'''''

Best Family Foreign Film

★ My Father's Glory & My Mother's Castle (France) – Directed by Yves Robert

References

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