Winners and Nominees 2009

Two stunt men in armor battle each other with broad swords and shields in an old ruined
stone courtyard

Hellboy and Nuada fight with swords and spears on top of large moving cogs. Fight used some wirework.

Two stunt doubles fight slamming and hitting each other, making use of breakaway doors, glass and the tiled walls of the room.

A stunt man falls 45’ backwards on a decelerator, crashes into a catwalk and then flips into 3’ of water. A stunt woman then slides down structure and falls into the water.

A group of construction workers walk off a skyscraper. The stunt men fell over 100’ on a wire using a decelerator.

James Bond and bad guy fight while maneuvering on large scaffolding that is falling apart. They crash into glass and building columns while swinging on ropes. Safety wires were used.

A stunt man is kicked off a building by Adam Sandler. He falls 30’ in two shots, doing a hand pull to fall off the balcony and performed a 30’ descender drop to an on screen breakaway catcher.

Nine cars that are heavily armored race through a track. This race features a Mustang and a Ram truck. The vehicles slam into each other, maneuvering between and around steel girders and through buildings. The chase includes multiple crashes and fire stunts.

James Bond is chased while driving through narrow hillside tunnels. After weaving through traffic and crashing into a large truck, he makes his way to a quarry. In the quarry, the cars slide around on loose rock. The chase ends with a car plummeting over the cliff’s edge.

Stunt man does a double cannon to roll a 26 passenger people mover van at 70 mph on a narrow canyon road.

Blue car chases police car through narrow streets filled with pedestrians and other vehicles. Chase features multiple crashes into buildings, cars and props on the street. No CGI was used for this sequence.

Stunt man jumps a heavy motorcycle with a passenger through the open doors of a moving train’s box car and lands on the other side.

A stunt man is dragged underneath a four-wheeled chariot, slides out of the back and pulls himself up onto the top of the carriage.

A stunt man roller skates down a 70’ ramp, flying 25’ high over cheerleaders and landing 55’ to the deck. Wires and a ratchet were used execute the stunt.

Zohan swims to catch up with a jet ski and knocks the driver off. Wires were used to create the motion for swimming.

Stunt woman slides down a structure and falls into shallow water. Cables were used for safety.

A stunt woman jumps out of a fireworks truck as it is exploding and hits the ground. Costumes did not allow padding for this stunt.

Using a custom-made suit with roller blade wheels, a stunt woman rolls down a windy road. The suit put the stunt woman 3” off the ground and had no brakes.

Stunt performer wearing a Taurus costume is pushed from the edge of a balcony and falls onto a small tiled roof below. He shatters the roof and continues his decent, landing half on and half off a solid wall structure and bounces to the courtyard below.

A man chases a hat while driving a dingy. The stunt man jumps 8’ to grab the hat and lands hard in the dingy.

Lead character grabs convenience store robber and throws him 30’ down a store aisle and into a beer refrigerator head first.

A stunt woman jumps out of a fireworks truck as it is exploding and hits the ground. Costumes did not allow padding for this stunt.

Stunt man does full and partial burns inside a car.

Stuntman falls backwards into a fire pit and ignites.

Boat shoots flames at men on shore. A stuntman is ignited and does a partial burn with limited protection.