23rd Young Artist Awards
Awarded forAchievement in 2001 in film and television
DateApril 7, 2002
SiteSportsmen's Lodge
Studio City, California
Hosted byCole Caplan and Kristen Bone
Official websiteYoungArtistAwards.org

The 23rd Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Association, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music for the year 2001, and took place on April 7, 2002 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.[1][2][3]

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.[1][4][5]

Categories

★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.[3]

Best Performance in a Feature Film

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor

★ Anton Yelchin - Hearts in Atlantis - Warner Bros.

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress

★ (tie) Scarlett Johansson - An American Rhapsody - Paramount Classics
★ (tie) Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Warner Bros.

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor

★ Jake Thomas - A.I. Artificial Intelligence - DreamWorks

Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress

★ Brooke Anne Smith - Max Keeble's Big Move - Walt Disney

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

★ James Bentley - The Others - Miramax

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

★ Dakota Fanning - I Am Sam - New Line Cinema

Best Performance in a TV Movie

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Leading Young Actor

★ Ryan Merriman - Dangerous Child - Lifetime

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Leading Young Actress

★ Kelsey Keel - My Louisiana Sky - Showtime

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actor

★ Robert Clark - Prancer Returns - USA

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Supporting Young Actress

★ Brenda Grate - 'Twas the Night - Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under

★ Gavin Fink - Prancer Returns - USA

Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under

★ Hayley Lochner - Prancer Returns - USA

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actor

★ Eric Ian Goldberg - The Education of Max Bickford - CBS

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actress

★ Kirsten Storms - Days of Our Lives - NBC

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Jesse McCartney - All My Children - ABC

Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Keiko Agena - Gilmore Girls - WB

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

★ J.B. Gaynor - Touched by an Angel - CBS

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

★ Jamie Renée Smith - ER - NBC

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actor

★ Frankie Muniz - Malcolm in the Middle - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Leading Young Actress

★ Christy Carlson Romano - Even Stevens - Disney Channel

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor

★ Timmy Fitzpatrick - Grounded for Life - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress

★ Lauren Frost - Even Stevens - Disney Channel

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

★ Shawn Pyfrom - Reba - WB

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

★ Brooke Anne Smith - Malcolm in the Middle - FOX

Best Performance in a TV Comedy or Drama Series

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under

★ Austin Majors - NYPD Blue - ABC

Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actress Age 10 or Under

★ Ashley Edner - The Huntress - USA

Best Ensemble Performance

Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama)

★ Degrassi: The Next Generation - CTV/Epitome Pictures

Sarah Barrable-Tishauer, Shane Kippel, Lauren Collins, Miriam McDonald, Melissa McIntyre, Ryan Cooley, Christina Schmidt, Jake Goldsbie, Cassie Steele, Aubrey Graham, Daniel Clark
Alvin Alvarez, Bobby Gonzales, Jeffrey Licon, Vaneza Leza Pitynski
Hilary Duff, Lalaine, Adam Lamberg, Jake Thomas, Ashlie Brillault
Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Craig Lamar Traylor

Best Ensemble in a Feature Film

★ An American Rhapsody - Paramount Classics

Scarlett Johansson, Mae Whitman, Kelly Endresz-Banlaki
Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton
Alyssa Gainer, Kaitlyn Gainer, Lauren Gainer, Kyle Timothy Smith, Andrew Fowler, Will McAllister

Best Family Entertainment

Best Family Movie or Special (Network or Cable)

★ Prancer Returns - USA

Best Family TV Drama Series

★ The Education of Max Bickford - CBS

Best Family TV Comedy Series

★ Malcolm in the Middle - FOX

Best Family Feature Film - Drama

★ I Am Sam - New Line Cinema

Best Family Feature Film - Comedy

★ The Princess Diaries - Walt Disney

Best Family Feature Film - Animation

★ Shrek - DreamWorks

Special awards

Best Young Actor in an International Film

★ Fernando Tielve - The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo) (Spain) - Directed by: Guillermo del Toro, Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics

Best Young Actress in an International Film

★ Aleksandra Gietner - Hi, Tereska (Czesc Tereska) (Poland) - Directed by: Robert Gliński, Produced by: Propaganda AG

Best International Family Film

★ Taliesin Jones (Wales) - Starring: John-Paul Macleod as "Taliesin", Directed by: Martin Duffy, Produced by: Snake River Films, Distributed by: Impact Entertainment

Outstanding Young International Performers

★ The Mini Beats (Germany)

Most Promising Young Newcomer

★ Rupert Grint (England) - "Ron Weasley" from Warner Brothers' Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Outstanding Young Performer in Live Theater

★ Christopher Massey - From the Los Angeles production of Disney's The Lion King

Outstanding Young Voice-Over

★ Aria Noelle Curzon - The voice of "Ducky" in Universal's The Land Before Time (1997–2001)

Outstanding Young Performer in a National Commercial Featuring Youth

★ Tyler Patrick Jones - "Hallmark Greeting Cards"

The Michael Landon Award

Community Service to Youth

★ Promises - Documentary directed by: Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado; Produced by: Promises Film Project

The Jackie Coogan Award

Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Motion Pictures

★ Tir Nan Og - Short film directed by: Danica DeCosto, Starring: Sarah Swanberg

The Mickey Rooney Award

Former Child Star Life Achievement Award

★ Alison Arngrim - For her role as "Nellie Oleson" in the TV series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1981).

References

  1. ^ a b Crouse, Richard (2005). Reel Winners (illustrated ed.). Dundurn Press Ltd. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-55002-574-0.
  2. ^ Riggs, Thomas (2007). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale / Cengage Learning. ISBN 0-7876-9047-3.
  3. ^ a b "23rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  4. ^ "Young Artist Awards - President's Message". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
  5. ^ "HFPA Golden Globes - Young Artist Foundation". GoldenGlobes.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-31.

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