Taurus World Stunt Awards

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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. However the deciding committee has been around since the year 2000. The awards were created by Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of Red Bull.

Categories

  • Best Fight
  • Best Stunt Rigging
  • Best High Work
  • Best Work with a Vehicle
  • Best Specialty Stunt
  • Hardest Hit
  • Best Stunt Coordinator and/or second Unit Director
  • Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman
  • Best Action in a Foreign Film


Honoraries

  • Action Movie Director of the Year
  • Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award for an Action Movie Star

In pop culture

In the videogame Stuntman: Ignition, 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!).

External links

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