"Fitzgerald, Benedict"@en . "American screenwriter" . "Benedict Fitzgerald (born 1949) is an American screenwriter who co-wrote the screenplay for The Passion of the Christ with Mel Gibson. His other writing credits include a television screenplay of Moby-Dick in 1998 (uncredited) and Wise Blood in 1979.His latest project is Mary, Mother of the Christ, which is in pre-production by MGM.Benedict is the son of Sally and poet/critic Robert Fitzgerald. As a child he was babysat by novelist Flannery O'Connor."@en . "1949Z"^^ .