Mel Gibson effort. In winning the Academy Award for Best Director, Gibson became only the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to do so. "Braveheart" influenced the Scottish nationalist movement and helped to revive the film genre of the historical epic; the Battle of Stirling Bridge sequence is considered by critics to be one of the all-time-best-directed battle scenes. The film's depiction of the Prince of Wales as an effeminate homosexual caused the film to be attacked by the Gay Alliance. The Gay Alliance was especially enraged by a scene in which King Edward I murders his son's male lover by throwing him out of a
Ariel Award for Best Director As of the 2018 ceremony, Amat Escalante is the most recent winner in this category for his work on "La Región Salvaje". The following individuals have received multiple Best Director awards: The following directors received four or more Best Director nominations: Ariel Award for Best Director The Ariel Award for Best Director (Spanish: Premio Ariel a la Mejor Dirección) (officially known as the Ariel Award for Best Directing) is an award presented by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMACC) in Mexico. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working