The 6th 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, television and dance for the 1983–1984 season, and took place on December 2, 1984, in Hollywood, California.

[1][2][3] 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 18 in the fields of film, television, theater and music.

[1][4][5] ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.

[3] ★ Noah Hathaway – The NeverEnding Story (Warner Bros) ★ Molly Ringwald – Sixteen Candles (Universal) ★ Ke Huy Quan – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount) ★ Elisabeth Shue – The Karate Kid (Columbia) ★ Doug Scott – The Day After (ABC) ★ Missy Francis – Something About Amelia (ABC) ★ David Mendenhall – General Hospital (ABC) ★ Shalane McCall – Dallas (CBS) ★ David Hollander – Call to Glory (ABC) ★ Melora Hardin – Two Marriages (ABC) ★ Billy Jacoby – It's Not Easy (ABC) ★ Justine Bateman – Family Ties (NBC) ★ (tie) Corky Pigeon – Silver Spoons (NBC) ★ (tie) Malcolm-Jamal Warner – The Cosby Show (NBC) ★ Tina Yothers – Family Ties (NBC) ★ Priscilla Weems – Five Mile Creek (Disney Channel) ★ Taliesin Jaffe – The Facts of Life (NBC) ★ Heather O'Rourke – Webster (ABC) ★ Something About Amelia (ABC) ★ The Cosby Show (NBC) ★ Ghostbusters (Columbia) ★ Gremlins (Warner Bros.) ★ The Karate Kid (Columbia) ★ Jerry Mathers – Leave It to Beaver ★ The Wizard of Oz – MGM ★ Tina and Dennis Caspary (Dance team) ★ Martin Tahse (Producer of various After School Specials) ★ Martin Lewis – Five Mile Creek (Australia) ★ Nina Knapskog – Kamilla (Norway) – Produced by Vibeke Lakkeberg ★ The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa) – Released by 20TH Century Fox Film Co.