Taurus Awards 2019
The Taurus Awards 2019 were the 18th presentation of the Taurus Award , an American award for film stunts, which took place on March 15, 2019.
Award
The biggest winners after this evening were the film productions Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2 nominations) and Deadpool 2 (2 nominations), which both managed to win in all nominated categories.
Winners and nominees
In 2019, the Taurus Awards were presented 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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As in previous years, the awards were presented in nine categories in which a total of 23 different films were nominated. The films Mile 22 (4 nominations), Black Panther (4 nominations) and Aquaman (4 nominations) were nominated most frequently, but the latter two only managed to win an award in one category. Mile 22 even came out completely empty. Mission: Impossible - Fallout and Deadpool 2 received the most Taurus Awards with two awards each .
The following films from the previous year were nominated in 2019 and received the Taurus Award.
| category
(Original English name) |
Nominated films
(Winners marked in bold) |
|---|---|
| Best fight scene
(Best Fight) |
Ant-Man and the Wasp |
| Final score | |
| Game night | |
| Mile 22 | |
| Upgrade | |
| Best stunt in height
(Best High Work) |
Black panther |
| The Equalizer 2 | |
| Final score | |
| Departure to the moon | |
| Papillon | |
| Best stunt rigging
(Best Stunt Rigging) |
Aquaman |
| Black panther | |
| Departure to the moon | |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout | |
| Best vehicle stunt
(Best Work With A Vehicle) |
Operation: 12 Strong |
| Black panther | |
| Final score | |
| conspiracy | |
| Venom | |
| Best special stunt
(Best Specialty Stunt) |
Bird Box - close your eyes |
| Deadpool 2 | |
| Mile 22 | |
| Operation: Overlord | |
| Venom | |
| Hardest hit
(Hardest hit) |
Ant-Man and the Wasp |
| Aquaman | |
| Deadpool 2 | |
| conspiracy | |
| Mile 22 | |
| Best stunt of a woman
(Best Overall Stunt By A Stunt Woman) |
Ant-Man and the Wasp |
| Aquaman | |
| Bird Box - close your eyes | |
| conspiracy | |
| Mile 22 | |
| Best stunt coordinator
(Best Stunt Coordinator And / Or 2nd Unit Director) |
Aquaman |
| Avengers: Infinity War | |
| Black panther | |
| Mission: Impossible - Fallout | |
| Venom | |
| Best stunt in a foreign film
(Best Action In A Foreign Film) |
Big Brother (Hong Kong) |
| Race 3 (India) | |
| The Scynthian (Russia) | |
| Taxi 5 (France) | |
| The Unthinkable (Sweden) |
Web links
Official website (English) Taurus Awards 2019 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Winners & Nominees. In: Taurus World Stunt Awards. Retrieved July 8, 2020 (American English).