11th Youth in Film Awards
The 11th Youth in Film Awards ceremony (now known as the Young Artist Award), presented by the Youth in Film Association, honored outstanding youth performers under the age of 21 in the fields of film and television for the 1988–1989 season, and took place in the spring of 1990 in Hollywood, California. 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 21 in the fields of film, television, theater and music. Categories ★ Bold indicates the winner in each category. Best Young Performer in a Motion Picture Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Sean Astin - Staying Together (Hemdale Film Corporation) Kirk Cameron - Listen to Me (Columbia Pictures) Joel Carlson - Communion (New Line Cinema) Keith Coogan - Cheetah (Walt Disney Pictures) Cory Danziger - The 'Burbs (Universal Studios) Joshua Miller - Teen Witch (M.G.M.) Leaf Phoenix - Parenthood (Universal Pictures) Jared Rushton - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Walt Disney Pictures) Fred Savage - The Wizard (Universal Pictures) Ben Savage - Little Monsters (Vestron Pictures) Best Young Actress Starring in a Motion Picture ★ Winona Ryder - Great Balls of Fire! (Orion Pictures) Blaze Berdahl - Pet Sematary (Paramount Pictures) Rebecca Harrell - Prancer (Orion Pictures) Jenny Lewis - The Wizard (Universal Pictures) Robyn Lively - Teen Witch (M.G.M.) Sarah Polley - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Columbia Pictures) Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ★ Hugh O'Conor - My Left Foot (Miramax Films) Kevin Dillon - Immediate Family (Columbia Pictures) Luke Edwards - The Wizard (Universal Pictures) Jasen Fisher - Parenthood (Universal Pictures) Lukas Haas - Music Box (TriStar Pictures) Ethan Hawke - Dad (Universal Pictures) Jermaine Hopkins - Lean on Me (Warner Bros) Gabriel Damon - Tequila Sunrise (Warner Bros) Whitby Hertford - A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (New Line Cinema) Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture ★ Gaby Hoffmann - Field of Dreams (Universal Studios)Ariana Richards - Prancer (Orion Pictures) Sarah Rowland Doroff - Three Fugitives (Touchstone Pictures) Karen Malina White - Lean on Me (Warner Bros) Amy O'Neill - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Walt Disney Pictures) Kala Savage - Little Monsters (Vestron Pictures) Best Young Performer in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special Best Young Actor Starring in a TV Movie, Pilot or Special ★ Brian Austin Green - Adventures in Babysitting (Walt Disney Television)Brian Bonsall - Do You Know the Muffin Man? (CBS) Kevin Dillon - When He's Not a Stranger (CBS) Cory Danziger - Married to the Mob (Orion Pictures) Stephen Dorff - Do You Know the Muffin Man? (CBS) Brandon Quintin Adams - Polly (NBC) Corin Nemec - I Know My First Name Is Steven (NBC) Jacob Vargas - Hard Time on Planet Earth (CBS) Joey Lawrence - Adventures in Babysitting (Walt Disney Television) Lantz Landry