Award ceremony
The Taurus World Stunt Awards is a yearly
award ceremony held midyear that honors
stunt performers in movies. It is held each year in
Los Angeles . The first awards were given out in 2001.
[1] The deciding committee has been around since the year 2000. The awards were created by
Dietrich Mateschitz , the founder of Red Bull.
[2] The awards statue was sculpted by Austrian artist
Jos Pirkner [
de ] , and is a figure in the form of a winged bull.
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Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award
2001
Films in alphabetical order
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2002
Films in alphabetical order
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2003
Films in alphabetical order
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2004
Films in alphabetical order
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2005
Films in alphabetical order
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2007
Films in alphabetical order
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2008
Films in alphabetical order
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2009
Films in alphabetical order
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2010
Films in alphabetical order
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2011
Films in alphabetical order
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2012
Films in alphabetical order
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2013
Films in alphabetical order
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2014
Films in alphabetical order
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2015
Films in alphabetical order
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2016
Films in alphabetical order
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2017
Films in alphabetical order
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2018
Films in alphabetical order
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2019
Films in alphabetical order
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2020
Films in alphabetical order
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2021
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
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Best Fight
Extraction – Dan Carter, Vonzell Carter, Travis Gomez, Bobby Holland Hanton, and Anthony Nanakornpanom
Birds of Prey – Sala Baker, Qiang Li, Renae Moneymaker, Bryan Sloyer, and Caleb Spillyards
The Hunt – Caitlin Dechelle and Sarah Irwin
Best High Work
Tenet – Daniel Graham and Kyle McLean
Extraction – Dan Carter and Bobby Holland Hanton
Extraction – Bobby Holland Hanton
Best Stunt Rigging
Wonder Woman 1984 – Daryl Andrews, Norbert Phillips, Nooroa Poa, and Joseph Ross
Bad Boys for Life – Zac Henry, David Hugghins, Michael Hugghins, Ralf Koch, and Billy Morts
Tenet – Chris Daniels, Anthony Genova, Zac Henry, Jacob Hugghins, and Eddie Yansick
Best Work with a Vehicle
Bad Boys for Life – Wyatt Carnel, Jeff Groff, Logan Holladay, Jalil Jay Lynch, and Stan Lee Rice
Bad Boys for Life – Chick Bernhard, Mike Johnson, Richard Marrero, and James C. Wallace II
Birds of Prey – Jocelyn Kay, Oakley Lehman, Renae Moneymaker, Dena Sodano, and Webster Whinery Jr.
Charm City Kings – Chino Braxton, Mike Burke, Lakeyria Doughty, Roy Farfel, and Jalil Jay Lynch
Extraction – Laurence Chavez, Henry Kingi Jr., Karl Van Moorsel, Brett Praed, and Brett Smrz
Best Speciality Stunt
Birds of Prey – Jocelyn Kay, Oakley Lehman, Renae Moneymaker, Dena Sodano, and Webster Whinery Jr.
Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman
Hardest Hit
Extraction – Dan Carter and Bobby Holland Hanton
Birds of Prey – Sam Hargrave
Birds of Prey – Renae Moneymaker
Extraction – Anthony Nanakornpanom
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
Extraction – Thayr Harris and Daniel Stevens
Bad Boys for Life – Andy Gill, Jack Gill, Mike Gunther, Spiro Razatos, and Kyle Woods
Birds of Prey – Andy Gill, Jack Gill, Mike Gunther, Spiro Razatos, and Kyle Woods
The Old Guard – Brycen Counts, Jeff Habberstad, and Adam Kirley
Wonder Woman 1984 – Dan Bradley and Rob Inch
2022
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
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Best Fight
The King's Man – Andy Lister, Troy Kentchington, Cali Nelle, Lasha Mdzinarashvilli, and Tom Hatt
Black Widow – Cc ice, Mickey Facchinello, Micheala McAllister, and Lucy Murray
The Last Duel – Eduardo Gago and John Macdonald
Nobody – Tyler Witte, Kirk Jenkins, Daniel Bernhardt, Alain Moussi, and Stephane Julien
The Suicide Squad – Ingrid Kleinig Stunt, Chris Patton, Harlan Norris, Liam Gherlenda, and Shahaub Roudbari
Best High Work
No Time to Die – David Grant
Black Widow – Robert Mancino, Sara Curtis, Andy Farrington, Eric Salas, Jef Provenzano, Steve Curtis, Florian Robin, Luke Aikins, and Jef Habberstadt
F9 – Spencer Thomas, Ian Williamson, and Troy Robinson
The Matrix Resurrections – Ella Rogers and Duke Conrad
Those Who Wish Me Dead – Travis Fienhage, Jon Devore, and Mike Swanson
Best Stunt Rigging
Best Work with a Vehicle
No Time to Die – Evangelos Grecos, Mark Higgins, Martin Ivanov, Cristian Knight, and Pascal Lavanchy
F9 – Hank King, Denney Pierce, Jalil Lynch, and Jimmy Roberts
The Suicide Squad – Karl Van Moorsel, Mark Tearle, Clay Cullen, Brett Smrz, and Keith Adams
Best Speciality Stunt
Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman
No Time to Die – Chelsea Mather, Christina Petrou, and Charlotte Williams
Hardest Hit
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
No Time to Die – Lee Morrison and Olivier Schneider
Black Widow – Darrin Prescott and Rob Inch
F9 – Andy Gill, JJ Perry, Steve Griffin, Spiro Razatos, and Troy Robinson
Mortal Kombat – Kyle Gardiner and Jade Amantea
Nobody – Dan Skene and Greg Rementer
The Suicide Squad – Guy Norris, Tim Wong, and Karl Van Moorsel
Best Action in a Foreign Film
2023
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .
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Best Fight
Day Shift - Lee Chesley, Michael Lehr, Reuben Maldonado, Kyle McLean, Travis Parker
The Gray Man - Nicola Bosc, John Nania
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Naryana Cabral, Chelsey Goldsmith, Craig Henningsen, Andy Le, Brian Le
The Legend of Maula Jatt - Dacio Caballero, Alex Sie
Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 – Agni Pariksha - Yannick Ben, Yann Brouet, Guillaume Jean Louis, Anis Messabis, Nicolas Pauget
Best High Work
The Man From Toronto - Jayson Dumenigo, Samuel J. Paul, Phillip Silvera, James Stewart, Mich Todovoric
Best Stunt Rigging
The Batman - Ian Batey, Jacob De Witt, Jared De Witt, Richard Kent, Richard Mead
Uncharted - Keir Beck, Jason Brown, Scott Fisher, Roman Neso Laumpaa, Uli Richter
The Man From Toronto - Jayson Dumenigo, Tim Garris, Urs Inauen, Mariusz Kubicki, Philip Silvera
The Adam Project - Nick Brandon, Marc-Andre Brisebois, Andre Dominguez, JC Robaina, Charles Shults
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Sean Cristopher, Richard Epper, Zac Henry, Dave Hugghins, Michael Hugghins
Best Work with a Vehicle
The Batman - Lloyd Bass, Rick English, Mark Higgins, Rob Hunt, Lee Millham
The Gray Man - Nicolas Bosc, Debbie Evans, Henry Kingi Sr., Denny Pierce, Mike Ryan
Day Shift - Tony Carbajal, Jef Groff, Michael Johnson, Henry Kingi Jr., Cody Mackie
Lost Bullet 2 - Jean Benoit Guillon, Vladimir Houbart, David Julienne, Pascal Lavanchy, Christophe Marsaud
Enola Holmes 2 - Wilf Bowman, Chris DeClerk, Jake Cox, Leah Hill, Tony Lucken
Best Speciality Stunt
All Quiet on the Western Front - Pavel Bousek, Josef Jelinek, Jan Loukota, Kamil Sghaier, Marek Svitek
Hex - Hannah Betts, Mike Carpenter
Firestarter - Matt Birman, Rene Bishop, Jamie Jones, Billy Oliver, Darryl Scheeler
Fall - Tai Devore, Jennifer Poe, Chip Powell, Miya Tsudome
The Batman - Tom Cotton, Sarah Lezito
Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman
Hardest Hit
Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director
Day Shift - Troy Robinson, Justin Yu
The Gray Man - Jack Gill, Spiro Razatos
Avatar: The Way of Water - Steve Brown, Stuart Thorp, Garrett Warren
The Batman - Robert Alonzo, Jake De Witt, Steve Griffin, Samuel Le
Everything Everywhere All at Once - Timothy Eulich
All Quiet on the Western Front - Jakub Bobuski, Pavel Bousek, Josef Jelinek, Jan Loukota, Marek Svitek
In pop culture
In the 2007 videogame
Stuntman: Ignition , a player can be nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards.
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TV airings
The award ceremony is normally broadcast on American television channels such as Entertainment News (
E! ).[
citation needed ]
The awards show has also aired on AMC.
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Other awards
In 2008, the
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) added an awards category for stunt performers, "Best Stunt Ensembles in features and TV."
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Stunt performers have lobbied for the creation of an
Academy Award for stunt work, but little progress has been made.
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References
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c Dore, Shalini (24 May 2001).
"Kudos for crashes" . Variety .
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"Philosophy" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from
the original on October 23, 2022.
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"Statue" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from
the original on September 21, 2022.
^ Laura Davis (9 August 2010).
"Buddy Van Horn: My life as Clint Eastwood's stuntman" . The Independent .
Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Buddy was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards Foundation in 2002, but was reluctant to attend
^ LaPorte, Nicole (25 May 2007).
"Danger smashes gender barrier" . Variety .
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"Gene LeBell Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award" . Stunts Unlimited . 15 May 2017.
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"2018 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2019 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2001 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2002 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2003 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2004 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2005 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
^ Dore, Shalini (27 September 2005).
"Don't try this at home" . Variety .
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"2007 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2008 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (22 May 2007).
"Butler wins Taurus stunt nod" . Variety .
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"2009 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2010 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2011 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2012 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2013 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2014 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2015 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2016 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2017 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
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"2020 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards .
^ Jirak, Jamie (October 6, 2021).
"Chris Hemsworth Celebrates Extraction's Wins at the Taurus World Stunt Awards" .
ComicBook.com . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
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"Winners and Nominees 2021" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
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"Winners and Nominees 2022" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
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"Winners and Nominees 2023" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
^ THQ (2007).
"Stuntman: Ignition Instruction Booklet" (pdf) . work . Xbox 360. p. 10. Earn Taurus World Stunt Award nominations for performing three stunts perfectly in a Movie scene
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"Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to Host 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards" (Press release). 18 April 2006. In addition to airing on AMC, the Taurus World Stunt Awards has become a global fixture and airs in more than 160 countries worldwide
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b Verini, Bob (24 January 2008).
"SAG recognizes stunts for first time" . Variety .
^ Price, Allan (21 February 2013).
"Why do stuntmen not have an Oscar?" . BBC News .
^ Hewitt, Zoe (20 February 2019).
"Is it Time for Oscars to Add a Stunt Category?" . Variety .
^ Marotta, Jenna (2 April 2018).
"Helen Mirren Wants Stunt Performers to Be Eligible for Oscars" . IndieWire .
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