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 Best Picture: "The Exorcist" (1973), "Jaws" (1975), "The Sixth Sense" (1999), "Black Swan" (2010), and "Get Out" (2017). No documentary has yet been nominated for Best Picture, although "Chang" was nominated in the "Unique and Artistic Production" category at the 1927/28 awards. In 2017, at the 89th Academy Awards, presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty read "La La Land" as the winner of the award. However, they had mistakenly been given the envelope for the "Best Actress in a Leading Role" award, which Emma Stone had won for her role in "La La Land" moments prior. When the mistake was