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Taurus World Stunt Awards

Taurus World Stunt Awards

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.[3]

Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award

2001

Films in alphabetical order[9][1]

2002

Films in alphabetical order[10]

2003

Films in alphabetical order[11]

2004

Films in alphabetical order[12][13]

2005

Films in alphabetical order[14]

2007

Films in alphabetical order[16]

2008

Films in alphabetical order[17]

2009

Films in alphabetical order[19]

2010

Films in alphabetical order[20]

2011

Films in alphabetical order[21]

2012

Films in alphabetical order[22]

2013

Films in alphabetical order[23]

2014

Films in alphabetical order[24]

2015

Films in alphabetical order[25]

2016

Films in alphabetical order[26]

2017

Films in alphabetical order[27]

2018

Films in alphabetical order[7]

2019

Films in alphabetical order[8]

2020

Films in alphabetical order[28]

2021

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[29][30]

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
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

2022

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[31]

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
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.[32]

Best Fight
Best High Work
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

In pop culture

In the 2007 videogame Stuntman: Ignition, a player can be nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards.[33]

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.[34]

Other awards

In 2008, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) added an awards category for stunt performers, "Best Stunt Ensembles in features and TV."[35]

Stunt performers have lobbied for the creation of an Academy Award for stunt work, but little progress has been made.[36][35][37][38]

References

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