Director Mel Gibson (1956)

Hacksaw Ridge (2016), a biographical war film, was directed by Mel Gibson and written by Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan. The story is based on a 2004 documentary called The Conscientious Objector, which was directed by Terry Benedict. Set in 1929 Lynchburg, Virginia, the film follows the life of Desmond Doss, a young man with a strong Seventh-day Adventist upbringing. After an accident nearly kills his brother during some roughhousing, Desmond becomes even more ...

Apocalypto (2006) is an epic historical action-adventure film produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Farhad Safinia. While on a hunting trip in the Mesoamerican rainforest, Jaguar Paw and his father Flint Sky encounter a group of refugees escaping from war and devastation. Upon returning to their village, Flint Sky warns Jaguar Paw to never allow fear to overtake him, as it has with the frightened refugees. That evening, an elder shares a prophetic tale about a being consumed by an insatiable emptiness that can never be satisfied, no ...

Director Mel Gibson brought the biblical story of The Passion of the Christ (2004) to life. On Passover night in Gethsemane, Jesus prays with his disciples- Peter, James, and John. In this moment, Satan appears and attempts to tempt Jesus. As blood-like sweat drips from Jesus’ body and a serpent emerges from the guise of Satan, Jesus crushes its head as a rebuke. Meanwhile, Judas Iscariot is offered thirty pieces of silver by Caiaphas and the Pharisees to betray Jesus’ identity. He leads temple guards to the forest where he is arrested, resulting in a scuffle that leads to Peter injuring Malchus, the guard ...

Braveheart (1995) is an epic historical drama set in late-13th century Scotland. Directed and produced by Mel Gibson, the film follows Sir William Wallace, a brave Scottish warrior who leads his people in the First War of Scottish Independence against King Edward I of England. After the Scots’ king dies without an heir, Edward I, also known as ‘Longshanks’, conquers Scotland in 1280. Witnessing the brutal execution of several Scottish nobles by Longshanks, young William Wallace loses both his father and brother when they resist the English. He then goes to live with his uncle, Argyll. As years pass, ...

The American drama film, The Man Without a Face (1993), marks both the directorial debut and starring role of Mel Gibson. Based on the 1972 novel by Isabelle Holland with the same title, the story follows Justin McLeod, a reclusive painter who has been living in solitude for the past seven years due to a car accident that left him disfigured on one side of his face and with chest burns from the ensuing fire. Meanwhile, Chuck Norstadt struggles in his relationship with his gifted sisters and overbearing mother. When Chuck’s frustration leads to an act of vandalism, ...