16th Youth in Film Awards
The 16th 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 1993-1994 season, and took place on March 19, 1995, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio 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.Categories
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture
Best Performance by a Youth Actor Starring in a Motion Picture
Brad Renfro - The Client
- Elijah Wood - North
- Sean Nelson - Fresh
- Austin O'Brien - My Girl 2
Best Performance by a Youth Actress Starring in a Motion Picture
Anna Chlumsky - My Girl 2
- Katherine Heigl - My Father the Hero
- Alana Austin - A Simple Twist of Fate
- Zelda Harris - Crooklyn
Best Performance by a Youth Actor Co-Starring in a Motion Picture
★ - North
- Michael Conner Humphreys - Forrest Gump
- Eric Lloyd - The Santa Clause
- Max Elliott Slade - 3 Ninjas Kick Back
- Roland Thomson - My Girl 2
- Sean Fox - 3 Ninjas Kick Back
- Matthew Lawrence - Mrs. Doubtfire
Best Performance by a Youth Actress Co-Starring in a Motion Picture
★ Kirsten Dunst - Little Women
- Lisa Jakub - Mrs. Doubtfire
- Anna Klemp - Blue Sky
- Amy Locane - Blue Sky
- Lexi Randall - The War
- Claire Danes - Little Women
- Michelle Williams - Lassie
Best Performance by an Actor Under 10 in a Motion Picture
★ Haley Joel Osment - Forrest Gump
- Courtland Mead - Corrina, Corrina
- J. Evan Bonifant - 3 Ninjas Kick Back
- Milton A. Davis - Angels in the Outfield
Best Performance by an Actress Under 10 in a Motion Picture
★ Hanna Hall - Forrest Gump
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Film Made for Video
★ Courtland Mead - Dragonworld
- Michael MacLeod - '
- Chris Wilson - '
- Marcus Andrews -
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a Film Made for Video
★ Marne Patterson - '
' Frankie Ingrassia - ' Tamara Daniel - ' Sarah Martineck - Best Young Performer in a TV Mini-Series or Special
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Special
★ Wil Horneff - The Yearling
- Jonathan Hoog - '
- Jonathan Brandis - '
- Eric Lloyd - Seasons of the Heart
- Sam Gifaldi - '
- Bradley Pierce - '
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a TV Mini-Series or Special
★ Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly - '
' Ashley Malinger - ' Holly Marie Combs - A Perfect Stranger Ashley Peldon - Without Warning Olivia Burnette - 'Best Young Performer in a Television Series
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Drama Series
★ Shawn Toovey - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Devon Gummersall - My So-Called Life
- Justin Shenkarow - Picket Fences
- Adam Wylie - Picket Fences
- Joey Zimmerman - Earth 2
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a Drama Series
★ Lisa Wilhoit - My So-Called Life
★ J. Madison Wright - Earth 2
- Vinessa Shaw - McKenna
- - Under Suspicion
- Lacey Chabert - Party of Five
- - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a TV Comedy Series
★ Michael Fishman - Roseanne
- Andrew Keegan - Thunder Alley
- Jason Marsden - Boy Meets World
- Johnny Galecki - Roseanne
- Will Friedle - Boy Meets World
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a TV Comedy Series
★ Brittany Daniel and Cynthia Daniel - Sweet Valley High
- Courtney Peldon - The Mommies
- Larisa Oleynik - The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Noley Thornton -
- Angela Watson - Step by Step
- Ashley Johnson - All American Girl
- Tatyana M. Ali - Name Your Adventure
Best Youth Comedian in a TV Show
★ Marques Houston - Sister, Sister
- - Sister, Sister
- Isaac Lidsky -
- Jason Zimbler - Clarissa Explains It All
Best Youth Comedienne in a TV Show
★ Melissa Joan Hart - Clarissa Explains It All
- Gaby Hoffmann -
- Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry - Sister, Sister
- Andrea Barber - Full House
- Ashley Peldon - The Mommies
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Daytime Series
★ Courtland Mead - The Young and the Restless
- Bryan Buffington - Guiding Light
- Michael Sutton - General Hospital
- Josh Morrow - The Young and the Restless
- Bryan Dattilo - Days of Our Lives
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a Daytime Series
★ Maitland Ward - The Bold and the Beautiful
- Erin Torpey - One Life to Live
- Rachel Miner - Guiding Light
- Sarah Michelle Gellar - All My Children
- Courtney Chase - One Life to Live
Best Performance by a Youth Actor - TV Guest Star
★ - Due South
- Raushan Hammond - Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
- Joshua Wiener - '
- Dustin Voigt - '
- Gabriel Damon - '
- Erik Alperin - Law & Order
- Chris Demetral - '
- Wil Horneff - Law & Order
- Ross Malinger - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Best Performance by a Youth Actress - TV Guest Star
★ Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly - Sweet Justice
- Jackie Tohn - The Nanny
- Azura Bates - Due South
- Vinessa Shaw - Murder, She Wrote
- Rachael Bella - ER
- Kimberly Cullum -
- Madeline Zima - Law & Order
- Sabrina Wiener - Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Ivyann Schwan - Bill Nye the Science Guy
Best Performance by an Actor Under 10 in a TV Series
★ Ross Bagley - The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Jon Paul Steuer - Grace Under Fire
- Andrew Ducote - Dave's World
- Zane Carney - Dave's World
- Jake Smollett - On Our Own
- Benjamin LeVert - Me and the Boys
- Sam Gifaldi - The Mommies
Best Performance by an Actress Under 10 in a TV Series
★ Kaitlin Cullum - Grace Under Fire
- Yvonne Zima - ER
- Ashley Peldon - The Mommies
- Courtney Chase - Blossom
- Jurnee Smollett - On Our Own
- Lindsay Felton - Thunder Alley
- Madeline Zima - The Nanny
Best Young Performer in a Voice-Over
Best Performance by a Youth Actor in a Voice-Over - TV or Movie
★ Jason Weaver - The Lion King
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas - The Lion King
- Ndehru Roberts - Whitewash
- Adam Wylie - The Swan Princess
- J.D. Daniels - The Swan Princess
- Ben Diskin - Problem Child
Best Performance by a Youth Actress in a Voice-Over - TV or Movie
★ - The Lion King
- Larisa Oleynik - The Swan Princess
- Adrian Zahiri - The Swan Princess
- Alisa Nordberg - The Swan Princess
- Sabrina Wiener - Duckman
- Serena Henry - Whitewash
- Haven Hartman - Red Planet
Best Young Ensemble Performance
Best Performance by a Youth Ensemble in a Motion Picture
★ The Little Rascals - Ross Bagley, Travis Tedford, Bug Hall, Brittany Ashton Holmes, and
★ My So-Called Life - Claire Danes, Wilson Cruz, Devon Gummersall, A.J. Langer, Devon Odessa and Lisa Wilhoit
Best New Family Television Series
★ My So-Called Life
★ Dragonworld
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Best Family Motion Picture: Comedy or Musical
★ The Lion King
- Beethoven's 2nd
- Mrs. Doubtfire
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- The Santa Clause
- North
Best Family Motion Picture: Drama
★ Lassie
- Andre
- Black Beauty
- Crooklyn
- Little Women
- The War
Youth In Film's Special Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures
★ New Line Cinema - The Swan PrincessThe Michael Landon Award
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Television
★ Youth Cast and Producers for Home ImprovementFormer Child Star - Life Achievement Award
Robert Blake - Original "Little Mickey" in The Little RascalsOutstanding Family Theater Production
★ Dana Lightstone - Chicken SoupOutstanding Contribution To Youth Through Entertainment
★ Laura Dash - Stunt Artist For Children in Film and TVInspiration To Youth Award
★ Scott Cheek★ Vickie Oldham - The ClearingInternational Music Award
★ Joselito Escobar - "Daddy Kool 'N The Raskals"Outstanding Youth Actors in a Foreign Film
★ and - Poussières de vie Outstanding Family Foreign Film
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