Editing Mel Gibson (section)

=== Producing ===
{{Main|Icon Productions}}
After his success in Hollywood with the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' series, Gibson began to move into producing and directing. With partner [[Bruce Davey]], Gibson formed [[Icon Productions]] in 1989 in order to make ''[[Hamlet (1990 film)|Hamlet]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine | title = Mad Mel's passion for vengeance | author = Brian D. Johnson | magazine = [[Maclean's]] | date = December 25, 2006}}</ref>

In late 1996, New Zealand producer [[Tim White (New Zealand producer)|Timothy White]] became founding head of a co-production venture between Fox and Gibson,<ref name=nzscreen>{{cite web | title=Tim White |first=Costa |last=Botes| website=NZ On Screen  | url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/tim-white/biography | access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref> called Fox-Icon, based at [[Fox Studios Australia]] in [[Sydney]]. The company failed to produce a single film, shutting down in December 1999.<ref name=woods1999>{{cite web | last=Woods | first=Mark | title=No pix made, Fox-Icon shut | website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=9 December 1999 | url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/no-pix-made-fox-icon-shut-1117758774/ | access-date=10 January 2025}}</ref> 

Gibson has produced a number of projects for television, including a biopic on [[the Three Stooges]] and the 2008 [[PBS]] documentary ''[[Carrier (TV series)|Carrier]]''. Icon has grown from being just a production company to also be an international distribution company and film exhibitor in Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="PBSPR">{{cite press release |url=https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20071025_iconproductions.html|title=PBS, Icon Productions and Carrier Project Granted Unprecedented Access to U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Film Revealing 10-Part Series, Carrier |last=Press release|date=October 25, 2007|publisher=[[PBS]]|access-date=July 19, 2010}}</ref> 

Gibson is credited as an [[executive producer]] of the 2023 movie ''[[Sound of Freedom (film)|Sound of Freedom]]'', a film based on a true story which revolves around the topic of [[trafficking of children]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/sound-of-freedom/umc.cmc.4ioz0amz45g3y29peq2p2giux|title='Sound of Freedom' From award winning executive producer Mel Gibson|date=February 7, 2023|website=[[Apple TV]]|access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref>