Mel Gibson he founded Icon Entertainment, a production company, which independent film director Atom Egoyan has called "an alternative to the studio system". Director Peter Weir cast him as one of the leads in the critically acclaimed World War I drama "Gallipoli" (1981), which earned Gibson a Best Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute, as well as a reputation as a serious, versatile actor. Gibson produced, directed, and starred in the epic historical drama film "Braveheart" (1995), for which he won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Director, along with the Academy Award for Best Picture. He later
Saturn Award for Best Director to win the Academy Award for Best Director. Spielberg was also the first to win Best Director from both the Saturn Awards and the Academy Awards at the same year, but for different movies (Saturn Award for "Jurassic Park", and Academy Award for "Schindler's List", both in 1993); Peter Jackson was the first to win both for the same film ("", in 2003) while Alfonso Cuarón was the second (for "Gravity" in 2013). Notes: "†" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category. "‡" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category. Saturn Award for Best Director The