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]
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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
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
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
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
The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface .[ 32]
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 the 2007 videogame Stuntman: Ignition , a player can be nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards.[ 33]
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]
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 until 2025.[ 36] [ 35] [ 37] [ 38] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science has announced on 10 April 2025, that they have established the Achievement Award for Stunt Design. It will be awarded the first time at the 100th Academy Awards 2028 for films released in 2027.[ 39]
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^ "2010 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2021-05-09. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
^ "2011 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2023-02-17. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
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^ "2015 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
^ "2016 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
^ "2017 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
^ "2020 Winners & Nominees" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2024-10-04 .
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^ "Winners and Nominees 2022" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2023 .
^ "Winners and Nominees 2023" . Taurus World Stunt Awards . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. 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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