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filmography
- Braveheart. Dir. Mel Gibson. Icon Productions/Ladd Company, 1995. DVD.
- Apocalypto. Dir. Mel Gibson. Icon Productions/Touchstone Pictures, 2006. DVD.
- The Miracle Maker. Dir. Stanislav Sokolov and Derek Hayes. Ffilmian S4C Films/British Screen/Icon Entertainment International/BBC Cymru Wales, 2000. DVD.
- The Passion of the Christ. Dir. Mel Gibson. Icon Productions, 2004. DVD.