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Films such as ''[[Hooper (film)|Hooper]]'' and ''[[The Stunt Man]]'' and the 1980s television show ''[[The Fall Guy]]'' sought to raise the profile of the stunt performer and debunk the myth that film stars perform all their own stunts. Noted stunt coordinators [[Hal Needham]], [[Craig R. Baxley]], and [[Vic Armstrong]] went on to direct the action films ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'', ''[[Action Jackson (1988 film)|Action Jackson]]'', and ''[[Joshua Tree (1993 film)|Joshua Tree]]''. [[Vic Armstrong]] became the first stuntman to win both an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] (for developing a descender rig as a safe alternative to airbags) and a [[BAFTA]] award (for lifetime achievement in film). But the status of stuntmen in Hollywood is still low;<ref name="Brennan" /> despite the fact that few films of any genre or type could be made without them, stunt performers are still perceived as working mainly in action films.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sengupta |first1=Deepayan |title=Movie Stunts: Not Just For Action Films |url=https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2019/06/25/movie-stunts-not-just-for-action-films |website=Birth.Movies.Death. |date=25 June 2019}}</ref> Repeated campaigns for a "Best Stunts" Academy Award have been rejected.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 February 2013 |last=Price |first=Allan |title=Why do stuntmen not have an Oscar? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21460202 |website=BBC News }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2018 |last=Marotta |first=Jenna |title=Helen Mirren Wants Stunt Performers to Be Eligible for Oscars |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/helen-mirren-stunt-performers-oscars/ |website=[[IndieWire]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 February 2016 |author=Jonathan Handel |title=Stunt Community Rallies Outside Academy Building for Oscar Recognition |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stunt-community-rallies-la-oscar-869342 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226094425/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stunt-community-rallies-la-oscar-869342 |archive-date=2016-02-26 |quote=The rally is part of a 25-year effort to create a category for stunt coordinators at the Academy Awards.}}</ref><ref name="Brennan">{{cite web |date=2014 |last=Brennan |first=Jude |title=Stunt Actors Remain Oscar's Forgotten Heroes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/judebrennan/2014/02/07/stunt-actors-remain-oscars-forgotten-heroes/ |website=Forbes }}</ref>
In 2001, the first "[[Taurus World Stunt Awards|World Stunt Awards]]" were presented in [[Los Angeles]] by actor [[Alec Baldwin]]. The event had A-list stars presenting the statues to Hollywood's
==Equality in stunts==
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