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 but ineligible for Best Foreign Language Film, as it was an American production); and "Amour" (French, 2012). Only nine films wholly financed outside the United States have won Best Picture, eight of which were financed, in part or in whole, by the United Kingdom. Those films being: "Hamlet" (1948), "Tom Jones" (1963), "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "Gandhi" (1982), "The Last Emperor" (1987), "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008), and "The King's Speech" (2010). The ninth film, "The Artist", (2011) was financed by France. Other points of contention include genres (or styles in case of animation) of film