20th Youth in Film Awards

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

★ Miko Hughes – Mercury Rising – Universal as Simon Lynch

• Michael Caloz – Little Men – Warner Bros. as Nat Blake
• Joseph Cross – Wide Awake – Miramax as Joshua Beal
• Kieran Culkin – The Mighty – Miramax as Kevin Dillon/Freak
• Kyle Gibson – True Friends – 2nd Generation Films as Young Joey
• Joseph Mazzello – Simon Birch – Hollywood Pictures as Joe Wenteworth
• Eamonn Owens – The Butcher Boy – Warner Bros. as Francie Brady
• Ian Michael Smith – Simon Birch – Hollywood Pictures as Simon Birch
• Gregory Smith – Small Soldiers – DreamWorks as Alan Abernathy
• Kevin Zegers – Air Bud: Golden Receiver – Keystone Entertainment as Josh Framm

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress

★ (tie) Lindsay Lohan – The Parent Trap – Walt Disney Pictures as Hallie Parker/Annie James
★ (tie) Jena Malone – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures as Anna Harrison

• Kirsten Dunst – Small Soldiers – DreamWorks as Christy Fimple
• Jennifer Love Hewitt – Can't Hardly Wait – Columbia Pictures as Amanda Beckett
• Scarlett Johansson – The Horse Whisperer – Touchstone Pictures as Grace MacLean
• Emily Lipoma – Frog and Wombat – Pigtail Productions as Jane 'Wombat' Walker
• Leelee Sobieski – A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries – October Films as Charlotte Anne "Channe" Willis
• Katie Stuart – Frog and Wombat – Pigtail Productions as Allison 'Frog' Parker

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor

★ Michael Welch – Star Trek: Insurrection – Paramount as Artim

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Miramax as Jimmy Howell
• Michael Cambridge – True Friends – 2nd Generation Films
• Kristian De La Osa – Madeline – Tristar as Pepito
• Edward Furlong – American History X – New Line Cinema as Danny Vinyard
• Mason Gamble – Rushmore – Touchstone Pictures as Dirk Calloway
• Jack Johnson – Lost in Space – New Line Cinema as Will Robinson
• Cody Lightning – Smoke Signals – Miramax as Young Victor Joseph
• Miles Marsico – Rhapsody in Bloom – Becker Films as Randy Bloom

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress

★ Brigid Tierney – Affliction – Lions Gate Films as Jill Whitehouse

• Camilla Belle – Practical Magic – Warner Bros. as Young Sally Owens
• Lacey Chabert – Lost in Space – New Line Cinema as Penny Robinson
• Auriol Evans – Hilary and Jackie – October Films as Young Jackie
• Keeley Flanders – Hilary and Jackie – October Films as Young Hilary
• Kyla Pratt – Dr. Dolittle – 20th Century Fox as Maya Dolittle
• Michelle Williams – Halloween H20: 20 Years Later – Miramax as Molly Cartwell
• Evan Rachel Wood – Practical Magic – Warner Bros. as Kylie Owens

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under

★ Liam Aiken – Stepmom – Columbia Pictures as Ben Harrison

• Cameron Finley – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox as Travis
• Jason Fuchs – Mafia! – Touchstone as Vincenzo Cortino as Boy
• Darrell Johnston – Dancing at Lughnasa – Sony as Michael Mundy
• Robby Seager – Splitsville – Cineville Productions as Billy

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under

★ Mae Whitman – Hope Floats – 20th Century Fox as Bernice Pruitt

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

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actor

★ Ryan Merriman – Everything That Rises – TNT as Nathan Clay

• Zachery Ty Bryan - Principal Takes a Holiday – ABC as John Scaduto
• Carlo Alban – Thicker Than Blood – TNT as Lee Cortez
• Brendan Ryan Barrett – Logan's War: Bound by Honor – ABC as Logan Fallon (Age 10)
• Trevor Blumas – Stranger in Town – Showtime as Aaron
• Jordan Kiziuk – The Island on Bird Street – Showtime as Alex

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Leading Young Actress

★ Dominique Swain – Lolita – Showtime as Dolores "Lolita" Haze

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

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Courtland Mead – Emma's Wish – NBC as Danny Bookman

• Cody Jones – Running Wild – Showtime as Nicholas Robinson
• Eric Lloyd – Chameleon – UPN as Ghen
• Shawn Pyfrom – A Wing and a Prayer – USA Network as Justin
• Kenny Vadas – Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants – Family Channel as Prince Cosimo
• Daniel Williams – Always Outnumbered – HBO as Darryl

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Haylie Duff – Addams Family Reunion – HBO as Gina Adams

• Courtney Red-Horse Mohl – Naturally Native – Independent Feature / Project West as Vickie Lewis Bighawk's daughter
• Brooke Nevin – Running Wild – Showtime as Angela Robinson

Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Drama or Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actor

★ (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

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Actress

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

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

Best Performance in a Daytime Serial: Young Performer

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actor Age Ten or Under

★ (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

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series / Series: Young Actress Age Ten or Under

★ 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

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

★ Courtland Mead – Recess – ABC

• Jonathan Taylor Thomas – The Adventures of Pinocchio – New Line Cinema
• 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

Best Performance in a Voice-Over in a Feature or TV: Best Young Actress

★ 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

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Ensemble

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Movie / Pilot / Made-for-Video: Young Ensemble

★ 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

Best Performance in a TV Series: Young Ensemble

★ 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

Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-Series

★ 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

Best Family TV Drama Series

★ Promised Land – CBS

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

Best Family TV Comedy Series

★ The Hughleys – ABC

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

Best Educational TV Show or Series

★ 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

Best Family Feature Film: Animated

★ 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

Best Family Feature Film: Comedy

★ The Mask of Zorro – Tristar

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

Best Family Feature Film: Drama

★ 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

The Jackie Coogan Award

The Michael Landon Award

The Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Awards

★ Drew Barrymore
★ Johnny Whitaker

The Outstanding Young Performer in a Television Commercial Award

★ Gary LeRoi Gray – For "I.H.O.P."

The Community Service Award

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