Mel Gibson filmography It was the first film produced by Icon Productions, a production company he co-founded with Bruce Davey. Gibson's directorial debut was "The Man Without a Face" (1993), an adaptation of Isabelle Holland's novel of the same name. Two years later he directed and produced "Braveheart", a historical epic drama in which he also portrayed Sir William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish knight. The film earned him a Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Director, and the film won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Gibson went on to star in "Ransom" (1996), "Payback" (1999), "What Women Want" and
Academy Award for Best Picture did contain some color sequences). No Best Picture winner has been lost, though a few such as "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Lawrence of Arabia" exist only in a form altered from their original, award-winning release form. This has usually been due to editing for reissue (and subsequently partly restored by archivists). Other winners and nominees, such as "Tom Jones" and "Star Wars," are widely available only in subsequently altered versions. "The Broadway Melody" originally had some sequences photographed in two-color Technicolor. This footage survives only in black and white. The 1928 film "The Patriot" is the only