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Mel Gibson's Oscars in the Best Picture and Best Director categories for his epic film Braveheart (1995) signaled a new direction for the international superstar once hailed as "the sexiest man alive" Packed with hundreds of photographs, fascinating behind-the-scenes information, reviews, and cast and credit listings, The Films of Mel Gibson is the book Mel Gibson has long-deserved...and the book millions of fans have been eagerly awaiting.A member of a select group of superstars who earn a whopping $20 million-plus per picture, Gibson has the box office power to call all his own shots The American-born but Australian-reared Gibson has committed himself to spending as much time behind the camera as in front of it Despite his phenomenal popularity, he prefers to be known as an actor and filmmaker, not a star, and yet many have been unable to look beyond Mel's matinee idol looks and stardom to give his talent and passionate interest in filmmaking the serious consideration they merit.Noted film scholar John McCarty offers the most searching examination yet published of Mel Gibson's work on the screen and in the director's chair -- from the seminal Road Warrior series and hugely successful Lethal Weapon series, to Hamlet, Maverick, Ransom, his most recent film, Conspiracy Theory, and much more This pictorial celebration reveals what Mel's fans have long known: There's much more to Mel than meets the eye.