Mel Gibson

Biography

Born 01/03/1956

Though introduced to American audiences as Australian, the strikingly handsome, blue-eyed Mel Gibson actually hailed from Peekskill, New York. (He and his family had emigrated Down Under in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War.) After a season onstage with Sydney's South Australian Theatre Company...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1996, received Academy Award for Best Picture
In 1996, received Academy Award for Best Director
In 1996, received ShoWest Award for Director of the Year

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Highlights

In 2006, Directed the action-adventure film, "Apocalypto"; filmed in the Yucatec Maya dialogue; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film
In 2004, Executive produced and directed several episodes of the short-lived ABC comedy, "Complete Savages"
In 2004, Directed the controversial feature, "The Passion of the Christ," based on biblical accounts of the arrest, trial, torture, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus; filmed in Aramaic, Latin, and Hebrew and earned over 600 million worldwide

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Family & Companions

Oksana Grigorieva: Companion (Met in summer of 2008 when she was hired to compose a song for Gibson's film "Edge of Darkness" (2009); signed her to his record label, Icon Records; rumors that they were dating began to surface around the time his wife filed for divorce in April 2009)
Hutton Gibson: father (Was a leading figure in the conservative Catholic splinter group, The Alliance for Catholic Traditions; won a workman's compensation suit against New York Central Railroad in 1968, after falling from a train and injuring his back; moved family to Sydney, Australia when Mel was twelve; appeared on the Art Fleming-hosted version of the game show "Jeopardy!" and retired undefeated after five shows)
Ann Gibson: mother (Born c. 1921 in Ireland and died in December 1990)

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