Taurus World Stunt Awards

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. The deciding committee has been around since the year 2000. The awards were created by Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of Red Bull. The awards statue was sculpted by Austrian artist , and is a figure in the form of a winged bull.

Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award

• 2001: Hal Needham
• 2002: Buddy Van Horn
• 2003: Terry Leonard
• 2004: Ronnie Rondell Jr.
• 2005: Vic Armstrong
• 2007: Jeannie Epper
• 2010: Jophery Brown
• 2011: Loren Janes
• 2012: Glenn R. Wilder
• 2013: David R. Ellis
• 2014: Buddy Joe Hooker
• 2015: Gary Combs
• 2016: Andy Armstrong
• 2017: Gene LeBell
• 2018: Charlie Picerni
• 2019: Billy Burton
• 2024: Henry Kingi

Awards by Year

2001

Films in alphabetical order

• The Cell (2000)
• Best high work
• Charlie's Angels (2000)
• Best aerial work
• Best speciality stunt
• Gladiator (2000)
• Best fight
• Best work with an animal
• Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
• Best driving
• Hollow Man (2000)
• Best fire
• Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
• Best work with a vehicle
• ' (2000)
• Best stunt coordination – feature film
• Best stunt coordination – sequence
• The Perfect Storm (2000)
• Best water work

2002

Films in alphabetical order

• Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
• Best aerial work
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• Best driving
• Best overall stunt by a stunt man
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Best stunt coordination – feature film
• Best work with a vehicle
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Best water work
• A Knight's Tale (2001)
• Hardest hit
• Best work with an animal
• The Last Castle (2001)
• Best fire
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Best stunt coordination – sequence
• Rush Hour 2 (2001)
• Best fight
• Best high work
• Best speciality stunt

2003

Films in alphabetical order

• Blade II (2002)
• Best fight
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• Best work with a vehicle
• Die Another Day (2002)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Minority Report (2002)
• Best high work
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Best fire
• Windtalkers (2002)
• Best fire
• XXX (2002)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt man
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• ' (Germany, 2002)
• Best action in a foreign film

2004

Films in alphabetical order

• Bad Boys II (2003)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• The Italian Job (2003)
• Best speciality stunt
• The Last Samurai (2003)
• Best fire
• The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• ' (2003)
• Best fight
• The Rundown (2003)
• Best high work
• Best overall stunt by a stunt man
• ' (German TV series, 2003–2005)
• Best action in a foreign film

2005

Films in alphabetical order

• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• ' (2004)
• Best fight
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• The Punisher (2004)
• Best fire
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt man
• Starsky & Hutch (2004)
• Best high work
• Taxi (2004)
• Best speciality stunt
• ' (Germany, 2005)
• Best action in a foreign film

2007

Films in alphabetical order

• Casino Royale (2006)
• Best high work
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Crank (2006)
• Best speciality stunt
• Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
• Best fire
• ' (2006)
• Best fight
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• ' (2006)
• Best work with a vehicle
• You, Me and Dupree (2006)
• Hardest hit
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2008

Films in alphabetical order

• 300 (2006)
• Best fight
• American Gangster (2007)
• Best fire
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• Best high work
• Best work with a vehicle
• Grindhouse (2007)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Hot Rod (2007)
• Hardest hit
• Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Seraphim Falls (2006)
• Best speciality stunt
• Flash Point (Hong Kong, 2007)
• Best action in a foreign film

2009

Films in alphabetical order

• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Best fight
• Best high work
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• Iron Man (2008)
• Best fire
• Hardest hit
• Wanted (2008)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2010

Films in alphabetical order

• Fast & Furious (2009)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
• Hardest hit
• Ninja Assassin (2009)
• Best fight
• Obsessed (2009)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Push (2009)
• Best high work
• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• Best fire
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Best speciality stunt
• ' (Russia, 2009)
• Best action in a foreign film

2011

Films in alphabetical order

• The A-Team (2010)
• Hardest hit
• Date Night (2010)
• Best work with a vehicle
• The Expendables (2010)
• Best fire
• Inception (2010)
• Best fight
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Predators (2010)
• Best high work
• Best speciality stunt
• Salt (2010)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2012

Films in alphabetical order

• Fast Five (2011)
• Best fight
• Best high work
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• Fright Night (2011)
• Best fire
• ' (2011)
• Hardest hit
• Thor (2011)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• ' (2011)
• Best speciality stunt
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2013

Films in alphabetical order

• The Avengers (2012)
• Best fight
• Hardest hit
• Best high work
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt rigging
• Skyfall (2012)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best work with a vehicle
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2014

Films in alphabetical order

• Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
• Best fight
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
• Best work with a vehicle
• Identity Thief (2013)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Iron Man 3 (2013)
• Best high work
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt rigging
• Lone Survivor (2013)
• Hardest hit
• Stalingrad (Russia, 2013)
• Best action in a foreign film

2015

Films in alphabetical order

• 22 Jump Street (2014)
• Best high work
• ' (2014)
• Hardest hit
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best stunt rigging
• Fury (2014)
• Best speciality stunt
• John Wick (2014)
• Best fight
• Need for Speed (2014)
• Best work with a vehicle
• ' (2014)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2016

Films in alphabetical order

• Furious 7 (2015)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Best work with a vehicle
• Jupiter Ascending (2015)
• Best high work
• ' (2014)
• Best fight
• ' (2015)
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Best stunt rigging
• ' (2015)
• Hardest hit
• The Medal (Russian TV miniseries, 2015/16)
• Best action in a foreign film

2017

Films in alphabetical order

• ' (2016)
• Hardest hit
• Best high work
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Best stunt rigging
• Jason Bourne (2016)
• Best work with a vehicle
• Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
• Best fight
• Best speciality stunt
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei (German TV series, since 1996)
• Best action in a foreign film

2018

Films in alphabetical order

• Atomic Blonde (2017)
• Best fight
• Best high work
• Baby Driver (2017)
• Best work with a vehicle
• Dunkirk (2017)
• Best speciality stunt
• Kidnap (2017)
• Hardest hit
• ' (2017)
• Best stunt rigging
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Wolf Warrior 2 (China, 2017)
• Best action in a foreign film

2019

Films in alphabetical order

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
• Best fight
• Aquaman (2018)
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Black Panther (2018)
• Best high work
• Deadpool 2 (2018)
• Best speciality stunt
• Hardest hit
• ' (2018)
• Best stunt rigging
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Venom (2018)
• Best work with a vehicle
• Taxi 5 (France, 2017)
• Best action in a foreign film

2020

Films in alphabetical order

• 6 Underground (2019)
• Best stunt rigging
• Ford v Ferrari (2019)
• Best work with a vehicle
• ' (2019)
• Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
• Joker (2019)
• Hardest hit
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
• Best fight
• Best high work
• Best speciality stunt
• Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
• Tomiris (2019)
• Best action in a foreign film

2021

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2022

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2023

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2024

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

2025

The winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

In pop culture

In the 2007 videogame ', a player can be nominated for the Taurus World Stunt Awards.

TV airings

The award ceremony is normally broadcast on American television channels such as Entertainment News (E!). The awards show has also aired on AMC.

Other awards

In 2008, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards added two categories for stunt performers in feature films and in television.

Stunt performers have lobbied for the creation of an Academy Award for stunt work, but little progress has been made until 2025. 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.

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