Mel Gibson
b.1/03/1956 Peekskill, New York
Son of American railroad brakeman and mother from Australia Family moves to Australia when Mel is twelve years old Gibson graduates from Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art and begins acting in Australian television and motion pictures Australian Film Society Award “Gallipoli” 1981 Academy Award Best Director “Braveheart” 1995 First cinematic movie: “Summer City” 1977
Filmography:
Summer City, Mad Max, Attack Force Z, Gallipoli, The Bounty, Mad Max II, The Year of Living Dangerously, The River, Mad Max III, Lethal Weapon, Tequila Sunrise, Lethal Weapon II, Air America, Hamlet, Lethal Weapon III, Forever Young, The Man Without a Face, Braveheart, Pocahontas, Ransom, Lethal Weapon IV, Payback, Chicken Run, The Patriot, What Women Want, Signs, We Were Soldiers, The Passion of Christ, Apocalypto, Edge of Darkness, The Beaver