The 9th 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 music for the 1986-1987 season, and took place on December 5, 1987, at the Hollywood Palladium 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] ★ Corey Haim - The Lost Boys (Warner Bros) ★ Lisa Bonet - Angel Heart (Tri-Star Pictures) ★ Fred Savage - The Princess Bride (20th Century Fox) ★ Lea Thompson - Some Kind of Wonderful (Paramount) ★ Patrick Dempsey - Can't Buy Me Love (Touchstone) ★ Maia Brewton - Adventures in Babysitting (Buena Vista/Touchstone) ★ Corey Feldman - The Lost Boys (Warner Bros) ★ Christa Denton - The Gate (Alliance Entertainment) ★ Kirk Cameron - Growing Pains (ABC) ★ Alyssa Milano - Who's the Boss?
(ABC) ★ Bobby Jacoby - A Different Affair (CBS) ★ Jaclyn Bernstein - A Fight For Jenny (NBC) ★ Trey Ames - A Year in the Life (NBC) ★ Amanda Peterson - A Year in the Life (NBC) ★ Billy Jacoby - 21 Jump Street (episode "America, What a Town") (FOX TV) ★ Alyson Croft - Cagney & Lacey (CBS) ★ Jeremy Miller - Growing Pains (ABC) ★ Nicole Eggert - Charles in Charge (KTLA) ★ Jonathan Ward - The New Adventures of Beans Baxter (FOX TV) ★ Staci Love Keanan - My Two Dads (NBC) ★ Bobby Jacoby - Perfect Strangers (episode "Ten Speed and a Soft Touch) (ABC) ★ Laura Jacoby - Valerie (NBC) ★ Scott Nemes - It's Garry Shandling's Show (Showtime) ★ Kaleena Kiff - The New Leave It to Beaver (WTBS) ★ Brian Bonsall - Family Ties (NBC) ★ Heidi Zeigler - Rags to Riches (ABC) ★ The Monster Squad (Tri-Star Pictures) (Motion Picture) - Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Ryan Lambert, Michael Faustino, Brent Chalem and Ashley Bank ★ An American Tail (Universal) - Phillip Glasser and Amy Green ★ A Fight for Jenny (NBC) ★ Our House (NBC) ★ Growing Pains (ABC) ★ My Two Dads (NBC) ★ The New Leave It to Beaver (WTBS) ★ The Flintstone Kids (Hanna Barbera) ★ An American Tail (Universal/Amblin Entertainment) ★ Like Father, Like Son (Tri-Star) ★ Over the Top (Cannon Films) ★ The Lost Boys (Warner Bros.) ★ Lionel Richie's "Ballerina Girl" ★ Chuck Berry ★ Tony Dow and Ken Osmond of the Old and New Leave It to Beaver series ★ Anton Glanzelius - My Life as a Dog (Sweden) ★ Melinda Kinnaman - My Life as a Dog (Sweden) ★ My Life as a Dog (Sweden) - Directed by Lasse Hallström