Taurus Awards 2016
The Taurus Awards 2016 were the 15th presentation of the Taurus Award , an American award for film stunts, which took place at Paramount Pictures on May 24th, 2016 again as it had been since 2003 .
Award
The biggest winner was the film production Mad Max: Fury Road from the award ceremony, which was nominated in six categories and received awards in three categories. The film was nominated twice in the Best Specialty Stunt category. Also Furious 7 has performed well with five nominations and two awards and was in the category Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman nominated twice.
Winners and nominees
The Taurus Award is given annually in changing categories. In 2016, 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The numerical information corresponds to the number of nominees in the respective category. |
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The awards were presented in nine categories, in which a total of 21 different films were nominated. The films Mad Max: Fury Road (6 nominations), Fast & Furious 7 (5 nominations) and Point Break (5 nominations) were nominated most frequently. With three awards, Mad Max: Fury Road received the most Taurus Awards.
The following films from the previous year were nominated in 2016 and received the Taurus Award.
Web links
Official website (English)
Taurus Awards 2016 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Winners & Nominees. In: Taurus World Stunt Awards. Retrieved July 6, 2020 (American English).