Taurus Awards 2015

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The Taurus Awards 2015 were the 14th presentation of the Taurus Award , an American award for film stunts, which took place on May 9, 2015 again as it had been since 2003 at Paramount Pictures .

Award

The film production The Return of the First Avenger emerged as the biggest winner from the award ceremony, which was nominated in six categories and received awards in three categories. The film was nominated twice in the Best Fight category.

Winners and nominees

The Taurus Award is given annually in changing categories. In 2015, the award will be in the following categories.

Timeline of the Taurus Award categories

Categories 2000s 2010s 2020s
1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0
Best water stunt 3 5
Best aerial stunt 3 5
Best stunt driver 5 5
Best animal stunt 3 5
Stunt coordinator - action scene 5 5
Stunt coordinator - film 5 5
Best fire stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 3 4th
Best fight scene 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Best stunt in height 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 4th 5 5 5 5 5
Best vehicle stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5
Best special stunt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Man's best stunt 5 5 5 5
Best stunt of a woman 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 5 5 5 5 6th 5 5 5 5 5 5
Best stunt in a foreign film 4th 5 5 5 5 5 5 4th 4th 3 5 4th 4th 4th 5 5 5
Best stunt coordinator 5 5 5 5 6th 5 6th 6th 5 6th 5 7th 5 5 5 5
Categories 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0
2000s 2010s 2020s

The numerical information corresponds to the number of nominees in the respective category.
The coloring is based on the following criteria:

  •  Category assigned
  •  Category awarded in the specified year
  •  Category not assigned
  •  Event did not take place

  • The awards were presented in nine categories, in which a total of 21 different films were nominated. The film The Return of the First Avenger was nominated the most with six nominations. With three awards, The Return of the First Avenger received the most Taurus Awards. For the ninth time, the German action series Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei was nominated and won in the category of best stunt in a foreign film .

    The following films from the previous year were nominated in 2015 and received the Taurus Award.

    Category
    (original English name)
    Nominee films
    (winners marked in bold)
    Best Fight
    (Best Fight)
    300: Rise of an Empire
    Bang bang
    The Return of the First Avenger
    The Return of the First Avenger
    John Wick
    Best high work stunt
    22 Jump Street
    The Expendables 3
    kick
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    Best Stunt Rigging
    (Best Stunt Rigging)
    22 Jump Street
    The Return of the First Avenger
    kick
    Transformers: Age of Extinction
    X-Men: future is past
    Best
    Work With A Vehicle
    The Amazing Spiderman 2: Rise of Electro
    Bang bang
    The Return of the First Avenger
    Need for speed
    Nightcrawler
    Best special stunt
    (Best Specialty Stunt)
    Bang bang
    Dumb and dumb-more
    heart of steel
    Need for speed
    Pompeii
    Härtester shock
    (Hardest Hit)
    22 Jump Street
    300: Rise of an Empire
    The Return of the First Avenger
    Hercules
    X-Men: future is past
    Best
    Overall Stunt By A Stunt Woman
    Bang bang
    Need for speed
    Pompeii
    The Sacrament
    X-Men: future is past
    Best
    Stunt Coordinator And / Or 2nd Unit Director
    The Amazing Spiderman 2: Rise of Electro
    The Return of the First Avenger
    John Wick
    Need for speed
    X-Men: future is past
    Best
    Action In A Foreign Film
    Alarm for Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (Season 19, Episode 1: The Dark Side ) (Germany)
    Pi Zi Ying Xiong 2 (China)
    Torrente 5 (Spain)
    Urban Games (China)

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ^ Winners & Nominees. In: Taurus World Stunt Awards. Retrieved July 6, 2020 (American English).