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Gaylene Preston

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Making UtuMaking Utu (1983)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Exemplary behind the scenes documentary observes the making of Geoff Murphy's groundbreaking 'puha western' UTU, revealing both the insistence on…
Mr. WrongMr. Wrong (1985) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Heather Bolton
A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
Ruby and RataRuby and Rata (1990) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Yvonne Lawley, Simon Barnett
A cantankerous landlord, a would–be rock singer and a delinquent child have more in common than they realise when they unwittingly share the…
MarriedMarried (1991)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Jed Brophy, Tracey Moore
Jed Brophy and Tracey Moore play newlyweds coping with sex roles and a communication breakdown one day in mythical NZ suburbia. Preston directs a…
Bread and RosesBread and Roses (1993) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Genevieve Picot
A gracious tribute to the post–war generation of New Zealand women, Gaylene Preston does a job worthy of her forebears in charting the early…
War StoriesWar Stories (War Stories our Mothers never told us) (1995) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Remarkable documentary manages to compel almost exclusively via the spoken word as seven elderly women offer candid yet articulate and boldy frank…
Hone TuwhareHone Tuwhare (1996)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
The late poet laureate, Hone Tuwhare, is captured in this affectionate, candidly observed portrait of an artist. Filmed by Gaylene Preston in the…
Getting to Our PlaceGetting to Our Place (1999)
Dir. Gaylene Preston, Anna Cotrell
The creation of NZ’s national museum, Te Papa, was an exciting, self–conscious and fraught journey in defining the nation’s identity, this…
Titless WondersTitless Wonders (2001)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
“An upfront exploration of the emotional discoveries of women with breast cancer”, this bravely and valuably documents a subject most people…
Perfect StrangersPerfect Strangers (2003)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck
Thriller of possessive love, set effectively on the rugged coastline of New Zealand’s West Coast, that changes tack mid–way into blackly…
EarthquakeEarthquake (2006)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Staple filmmaker and documentarian Gaylene Preston chronicles the devastating Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931 through a series of vivid and moving…
Time of Our Lives, TheTime of Our Lives, The (2007)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Kiwi documentarian Gaylene Preston joins 32 war veterans en route to London, selected to inaugurate the erection of a New Zealand War Memorial in…
Lovely Rita - A Painter's LifeLovely Rita - A Painter's Life (2007)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Loren Taylor (Horsley)
Evocative, celebratory remembrance of New Zealand’s Rita Angus, told primarily through a collection of over 300 letters the artist wrote to…
Home By ChristmasHome By Christmas (2010) Recommended
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Tony Barry, Martin Henderson, Chelsie Preston-Crayford
The director of WAR STORIES returns to the subject for this deeply personal yet affecting docu–drama focusing this time on a single story…
Hope and Wire (TV Mini-Series)Hope and Wire (TV Mini-Series) (2014)
Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Rachel House, Joel Tobeck, Chelsie Preston-Crayford…
Gaylene Preston directs this contentious, though humanly compelling medley of stories based on first–hand accounts of the direct aftermath of…
My Year With HelenMy Year With Helen (2017) Aro Favourite
Dir. Gaylene Preston
With unique access to high–ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns…

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