The 21st Young Artist Awards ceremony (formerly known as the Youth in Film Awards), 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.
[4] 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.
[3] ★ Haley Joel Osment - The Sixth Sense - Disney (Buena Vista Pictures) ★ Kimberly J.
Brown - Tumbleweeds - Fine Line Features ★ (tie) Reeve Carney - Snow Falling on Cedars - Universal ★ (tie) Ryan Merriman - The Deep End of the Ocean - Columbia Pictures ★ Thora Birch - American Beauty - DreamWorks SKG ★ Jake Lloyd - Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace - 20th Century Fox ★ Scarlett Pomers - Happy, Texas - Miramax ★ Wei Minzhi - Not One Less - China ★ Mason Gamble - Anya's Bell - CBS ★ Jamie Renee Smith - My Last Love - ABC ★ Drake Bell - The Jack Bull - HBO ★ Hilary Duff - The Soul Collector - CBS ★ Marc Donato - Locked in Silence - Showtime ★ Brittney Lee Harvey - Mr.
Murder - ABC ★ 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 ★ Tony C. Barriere - Any Day Now - Lifetime ★ Kaitlin Cullum - 7th Heaven - Warner Brothers ★ Thomas Dekker - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - Syndicated ★ Georgina Sherrington - The Worst Witch - HBO ★ Andrew Ducote - Thanks - CBS ★ Kerry Duff - The Famous Jett Jackson - Disney Channel ★ Sara Paxton - Working - NBC ★ J.B. Gaynor - Boy Meets World - ABC ★ David Lago - The Young and the Restless - CBS ★ Taylor Anne Mountz - Passions - NBC ★ Eli Marienthal - The Iron Giant - Warner Brothers ★ Aria Noelle Curzon - Dan Danger - Nickelodeon ★ Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season - Warner Brothers ★ The Jersey - Disney Channel ★ Anya's Bell - CBS ★ Summer's End - Showtime ★ Sabrina: The Animated Series - 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 ★ Roberto Cisneros - The Smuin Ballet, San Francisco ★ Hallie Kate Eisenberg - Pepsi ★ Connor Matheus - K-Mart ★ George Lucas - Producer, Lucasfilm ★ Lucille Bliss - voice of "Anastasia" in Disney's Cinderella (1950) ★ Kids On Stage For A Better World ★ R. J. Arnett