The 2005 Taurus Stunt Award Winners

Yesterday, the 5th annual Taurus Stunt Awards Show was held on the Paramount Pictures Lot, hosted by noneother than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Envisioned by the Austrian Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull Energy Drink founder), the awards honor stunt professionals with their highest reward, the Taurus.

Stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Quentin Tarantino, Michelle Rodriguez, Dennis Hopper and Sylvester Stallone were in the audience not only waiting for the announcement of the winners, but also watching live stunt performances that included a high fall from a 95 foot high crane.

But now read on for the winners below:

• Best Fight
  "Kill Bill 2"
  Monica Staggs, Zoe Bell
• Best Fire
  "The Punisher"
  Mark Chadwick
• Best High Work
  "Starsky & Hutch"
  Greg Fitzpatrick
• Best Vehicle
  "Bourne Supremacy"
  Martin Ivanov, Darrin Prescott, Chris O'Hara, Scott Rogers, Victor Ivanov, Kevin Scott, Graham Kelly
• Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Woman
  "Kill Bill 2"
  Monica Staggs and Zoe Bell
• Best Overall Stunt by a Stunt Man
  "Spiderman 2"
  Chris Daniels, Michael Huggins
• Specialty Stunt
  "Taxi"
  Debbie Evans, Jill Brown, Christine Baur, Henry Kingi, Gil Combs, Tony Penillo, Spencer Sano, Corey Eubanks
• Coordinator/2nd Unit Director
  "Bourne Supremacy"
  Dan Bradley
• Honorary Awards
  Action Movie Director: Quentin Tarantino
  Action Movie Star: Sylvester Stallone
• Lifetime Achievement Award
  Vic Armstrong ("Superman", "Starship Troopers")
• Best Action in a Foreign Film
  "Der Clown" (Germany)

You can read more about the Taurus World Stunt Awards and view photos from the stunts at the official site here.