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
Nastro d'Argento for Best Director Nastro d'Argento for Best Director The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned annually, since 1946, by "Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani" ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists") the association of Italian film critics. This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Director. Federico Fellini is the record holder with seven Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Director received from 1954 to 1984 (also the only one awarded in two consecutive editions, in 1954 in 1955 for the films "I vitelloni" and "La Strada"), followed by Luchino Visconti, Gianni Amelio and Giuseppe Tornatore, with four awards