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. 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 Jos Pirkner [de], and is a figure in the form of a winged bull.

Taurus Lifetime Achievement Award

2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2007

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2008

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2009

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2010

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2011

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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2019

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2020

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In pop culture

In the 2007 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!).[citation needed] The awards show has also aired on AMC.

Other awards

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

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