Mel Gibson did not direct and produce a biblical drama film.
Mel Gibson . He later directed and produced the financially successful and controversial , biblical drama film The Passion of the Christ ( 2004 ) . The Passion of the Christ ( also known simply as The Passion ) is a 2004 American biblical drama film directed by Mel Gibson , written by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald , and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus Christ , Maia Morgenstern as Painful Virgin , and Monica Bellucci as Maria Magdalena .