Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film
The Young Artist Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture is one of the awards, which are awarded annually in the United States by the Young Artist Foundation, a company founded in 1979 non-profit organization. It is aimed at actors who are younger than 21 and have produced an outstanding performance in a leading role in a feature film. From 1979 to 2000, the award was known as Best Actor in a Feature Film, as well as from numerous other variations over the years under the title of Youth in Film Award, with the basic idea has not changed after the award since its inception. The winners will be chosen in a secret ballot by the 125 members of the Young Artist Association as well as by former Youth -in- Film and Young Artist Award - winner.
History
During the last 34 years, the Young Artist Association has awarded a total number of 43 Awards in the category Best Actor in a Feature Film at 40 different actors. The winner of the Award will receive the traditional Young Artist Award statuette, a gilded figure of a man with a five star over his head, which resembles a small Oscar statuette in child size. The first prize winner was Dennis Christopher, who at the Youth in Film Awards in 1979 for his role in Breaking Away - We provide all of us creates no one was excellent. The latest up to winners was Tom Holland, who was honored for his role in The Impossible at the Young Artist Awards 2013.
In the history of the awards, the Best Actor category was split into a movie several times. Until the third presentation of the awards in 1981 were nominated for the category of all actors, regardless of whether the role is now viewed as a major or minor role. For the Youth in Film Awards 1982 for Best Supporting Actor was introduced in a feature film as a separate award due to this fact. In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, was the category for three awards, 1987, 1989 and 1994, split. During these three years the Young Artist Association, the category into four subcategories Best Male Superstar in a Motion Picture, Best Actor shared in a feature film ( drama), Best Actor in a Motion Picture ( Comedy or Fantasy) and Best Actor in a Feature Film ( Horror or Mystery ) on. However, these sub- merged organization by the 15th ceremony back together into one.
Starting with the Youth in Film Awards 1993, announced the organization's category one more time, with a category for young actor was introduced under ten years. The Best Actor in a Motion Picture - turned ten years or younger in the course of which an integral part of the Young Artist Awards, and still (as of 2013 award ) will also be awarded today. Despite the creation of a category of actor at the age of ten and younger, some main characters will continue under ten nominated in this category.
Records
While the Young Artist Association today has strict requirements regarding the age of the nominees for a Young Artist Award, she originally had no specific age restrictions. Today, the candidates who are selected for a Young Artist Award must be at the time of the shooting for the project between the ages of five and 21. However, the oldest winner of the Award of the best lead actor in a feature film Dennis Christopher, who at the time of its profits for Breaking Away - We had to create all of us not just at the first presentation of the awards 23 years old. The most recent winner is Mason Gamble, who was at the time of its profits for Dennis at the Youth in Film Awards in 1993 eight years old.
The following list is a list of nominees and winners of the most common records in the category of best lead actor in a feature film. The winners and nominees in the other film categories, such as Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Ten years or younger and Best Actor in an international feature film, are not counted.
Winners and nominees
For the first 23 awards spanned the application period, due to the many television awards are also presented by the Young Artist Association, two calendar years. For example, was the first presentation of the awards, which took place in November 1979, the young artists honored that played along in television series and movies that have been published between 1 September 1978 and 31 August 1979. Starting with the 24th Young Artist Awards, which took place in March 2003, the application period was on a full calendar year, ie from January 1, extended until December 31, similar to the Oscars.
The films listed below are indicated ( determined if any) with its German release title, followed in brackets in italics of the original foreign-language titles. The mention of the original title does not apply if German and foreign film titles are identical. The winners are highlighted in bold type in the first place.