Annual awards ceremony
The 22nd 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 and television for the year 2000, and took place on April 1, 2001, at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, California.
The announcer for the evening was William H. Bassett. The hosts for the evening were Josh Keaton, Ryan Merriman, Kimberly Cullum, Cody McMains, Kaitlin Cullum and Adam Nicholson.
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.
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Categories.
★ Bold indicates the winner in each category.
Best Performance in a Feature Film.
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actor.
★ Rob Brown – "Finding Forrester" – Columbia Pictures
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress.
★ Elizabeth Huett – "Social Misfits" – Our Way Productions
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actor.
★ Rory Culkin – "You Can Count on Me" – Paramount Classics
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Supporting Young Actress.
★ Hayden Panettiere – "Remember the Titans" – Disney
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actor Age Ten or Under.
★ Spencer Breslin – "Disney's The Kid" – Walt Disney
Best Performance in a Feature Film: Young Actress Age Ten or Under.
★ Makenzie Vega – "The Family Man" – Universal
Best Performance in a TV Movie.
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama): Leading Young Actor.
★ Michael Schiffman – "Finding Buck McHenry" – Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama): Leading Young Actress.
★ Shadia Simmons – "The Color of Friendship" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama): Supporting Young Actor.
★ Patrick Levis – "Miracle in Lane 2" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Drama): Supporting Young Actress.
★ Tamara Hope – "The Sandy Bottom Orchestra" – Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy): Leading Young Actor.
★ Andrew Lawrence – "The Other Me" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy): Leading Young Actress.
★ Hallee Hirsh – "The Ultimate Christmas Present" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy): Supporting Young Actor.
★ Tyler Hynes – The Other Me" – Disney Channel"
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy): Supporting Young Actress.
★ Brenda Song – "The Ultimate Christmas Present" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age 10 or Under.
★ Myles Jeffrey – "Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire" – Disney Channel
Best Performance in a TV Movie (Comedy or Drama): Young Actress Age 10 or Under.
★ Jodelle Ferland – "Mermaid" – Showtime
Best Performance in a TV Series.
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actor.
★ Robert Clark – "The Zack Files" – Fox Family
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Leading Young Actress.
★ Alexis Bledel – "Gilmore Girls" – Warner Bros
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actor.
★ Miko Hughes – "Roswell" – WB Network
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Supporting Young Actress.
★ Michelle Trachtenberg – "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" – WB
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actor.
★ Michal Suchanek – "Mysterious Ways" – PAX
Best Performance in a TV Drama Series: Guest Starring Young Actress.
★ Brooke Anne Smith – "7th Heaven" – WB
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
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actor.
★ Craig Lamar Traylor – "Malcolm in the Middle" – FOX
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Supporting Young Actress.
★ Cristina Kernan – "Daddio" – NBC
Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series: Guest Starring Young Performer.
★ Joey Zimmerman – "Becker" – CBS
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actor Age Ten or Under.
★ Alvin Alvarez – "The Brothers Garcia" – Nickelodeon
Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama): Young Actress Age Ten or Under.
★ Karle Warren – "Judging Amy" – CBS
Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series.
Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series: Young Actor.
★ Jesse McCartney – "All My Children" – ABC
Best Performance in a Daytime TV Series: Young Actress.
★ Brittany Snow – "Guiding Light" – CBS
Best Performance in a Voice-Over.
Best Performance in a Voice-Over (TV / Film / Video): Young Actor.
★ Thomas Dekker – ' – Universal Pictures Home Video
Best Performance in a Voice-Over (TV / Film / Video): Young Actress.
★ Emily Hart – ' – UPN
Best Ensemble Performance.
Best Ensemble in a TV Series (Drama or Comedy).
★ "Once and Again" – ABC
Evan Rachel Wood, Julia Whelan and Meredith Deane
Eric Lively, Erik von Detten, Patrick Levis and Alexz Johnson
Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan, Craig Lamar Traylor and Christopher Masterson
Michael Galeota, Courtnee Draper, Theo Greenly and Jermaine Williams
Alvin Alvarez, Bobby Gonzalez, Jeffrey Licon and Vaneza Leza Pitynski
Best Ensemble in a TV Movie.
★ "Finding Buck McHenry" – Showtime
Michael Schiffman, Megan Bower, Duane McLaughlin, Marcello Meleca
Andrew Lawrence, Brenden Jefferson, Tyler Hynes, Sarah Gadon, Alison Pill
Best Ensemble in a Feature Film.
★ "My Dog Skip" – Warner Bros
Frankie Muniz, Cody Linley, Bradley Coryell, Daylan Honeycutt, Caitlin Wachs
Gregory Smith, Trevor Morgan, Skye McCole Bartusiak, Logan Lerman, Bryan Chafin, Mika Boorem
Best Family Entertainment.
Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-series: Cable.
★ "A Storm in Summer" – Showtime
Best Family TV Movie / Pilot / Mini-series: Network.
★ "Papa's Angels" – CBS
Best Educational TV Show or Series.
★ "Walking with Dinosaurs" – Discovery Channel
Best Family TV Drama Series.
★ "Gilmore Girls" – WB
Best Family TV Comedy Series.
★ "The Brothers Garcia" – Nickelodeon
Best Animated TV Series.
★ ' – ABC
Best Family Feature Film – Drama.
★ "My Dog Skip" – Warner Bros
Best Family Feature Film – Comedy.
★ "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" – Universal
Best Family Feature Film – Animation.
★ "Chicken Run" – DreamWorks
Special awards.
Best Young Actor in an International Film.
★ Jamie Bell – "Billy Elliot" (United Kingdom) – Produced by Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Focus
Best Young Actress in an International Film.
★ Zhang Ziyi – "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (China) – Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics
Best International Family Film.
★ "Billy Elliot" – Produced by Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Focus
Best Short Foreign Film.
★ "Sanzhyra" – Russian Kinoglaz Company – Producer: Yevgeniya Tirdatova
Outstanding Young International Performer.
★ (Belgium) – PBS Special: "Michael Junior" – CD: Dreamland
Outstanding Young Female Entertainer.
★ Lauren Frost – Barbra Streisand concert – Madison Square Garden
Outstanding Young Performer in Live Theater.
★ Tiffany Solano
Former Child Star Life Achievement Award.
★ Jay Underwood – "The Boy Who Could Fly"
Former Child Star Life Achievement Award.
★ Charlene Tilton – "Dallas"
Outstanding Young Performers in a National Commercial Featuring Youth.
★ Daniel Smorgon (Actor) – Bank of America ;br ;
★ Sam Schwarz (Voice Over) – Bank of America – Produced by Bozell Advertising, New York
Outstanding Young Actress in a National Television Commercial.
★ Steffani Brass – Disney Cruise Line
Outstanding Achievement in an International Commercial Featuring Youth.
★ Nes Bitton (Israel) Diver/Actor – 'Diver' – Cheltenham &amp; Gloucester, UK ;br ;
★ Nimrod Mashiach (Israel) Diver/Actor – 'Diver' – Cheltenham &amp; Gloucester, UK – Produced by Saatchi &amp; Saatchi, London
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