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

Films in alphabetical order
  • The Cell
  • * Best high work
  • Charlie's Angels
  • * Best aerial work
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Gladiator
  • * Best fight
  • * Best work with an animal
  • Gone in 60 Seconds
  • * Best driving
  • Hollow Man
  • * Best fire
  • Me, Myself & Irene
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Mission: Impossible 2
  • * Best stunt coordination – feature film
  • * Best stunt coordination – sequence
  • The Perfect Storm
  • * Best water work

    2002

Films in alphabetical order
  • Behind Enemy Lines
  • * Best aerial work
  • The Fast and the Furious
  • * 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
  • * Best water work
  • A Knight's Tale
  • * Hardest hit
  • * Best work with an animal
  • The Last Castle
  • * Best fire
  • Pearl Harbor
  • * Best stunt coordination – sequence
  • Rush Hour 2
  • * Best fight
  • * Best high work
  • * Best speciality stunt

    2003

Films in alphabetical order
  • Blade II
  • * Best fight
  • The Bourne Identity
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Die Another Day
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Minority Report
  • * Best high work
  • Red Dragon
  • * Best fire
  • Windtalkers
  • * Best fire
  • XXX
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt man
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2004

Films in alphabetical order
  • Bad Boys II
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • The Italian Job
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • The Last Samurai
  • * Best fire
  • The Matrix Reloaded
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  • * Best fight
  • The Rundown
  • * Best high work
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt man
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2005

Films in alphabetical order
  • The Bourne Supremacy
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Kill Bill: Volume 2
  • * Best fight
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • The Punisher
  • * Best fire
  • Spider-Man 2
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt man
  • Starsky & Hutch
  • * Best high work
  • Taxi
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2007

Films in alphabetical order
  • Casino Royale
  • * Best high work
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Crank
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • * Best fire
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
  • * Best fight
  • Superman Returns
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • You, Me and Dupree
  • * Hardest hit
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2008

Films in alphabetical order
  • 300
  • * Best fight
  • American Gangster
  • * Best fire
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • * Best high work
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Grindhouse
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Hot Rod
  • * Hardest hit
  • Live Free or Die Hard
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Seraphim Falls
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Flash Point
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2009

Films in alphabetical order
  • The Dark Knight
  • * Best fight
  • * Best high work
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Iron Man
  • * Best fire
  • * Hardest hit
  • Wanted
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2010

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

    2011

Films in alphabetical order
  • The A-Team
  • * Hardest hit
  • Date Night
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • The Expendables
  • * Best fire
  • Inception
  • * Best fight
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Predators
  • * Best high work
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Salt
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2012

Films in alphabetical order
  • Fast Five
  • * Best fight
  • * Best high work
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Fright Night
  • * Best fire
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
  • * Hardest hit
  • Thor
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2013

Films in alphabetical order
  • The Avengers
  • * Best fight
  • * Hardest hit
  • * Best high work
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • The Dark Knight Rises
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • Skyfall
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2014

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

    2015

Films in alphabetical order
  • 22 Jump Street
  • * Best high work
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  • * Hardest hit
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • Fury
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • John Wick
  • * Best fight
  • Need for Speed
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2016

Films in alphabetical order
  • Furious 7
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Jupiter Ascending
  • * Best high work
  • Kingsman: The Secret Service
  • * Best fight
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • * Hardest hit
  • The Medal
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2017

Films in alphabetical order
  • Captain America: Civil War
  • * Hardest hit
  • * Best high work
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • Jason Bourne
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Hacksaw Ridge
  • * Best fight
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2018

Films in alphabetical order
  • Atomic Blonde
  • * Best fight
  • * Best high work
  • Baby Driver
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Dunkirk
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • Kidnap
  • * Hardest hit
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • Wonder Woman
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Wolf Warrior 2
  • * Best action in a foreign film

    2019

Films in alphabetical order
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp
  • * Best fight
  • Aquaman
  • * Best overall stunt by a stunt woman
  • Black Panther
  • * Best high work
  • Deadpool 2
  • * Best speciality stunt
  • * Hardest hit
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • * Best stunt rigging
  • * Best stunt coordinator or 2nd unit director
  • Venom
  • * Best work with a vehicle
  • Taxi 5
  • * Best action in a foreign film