Gaylene Preston
Directing · Writer · Director · Producer
Active 1979–present · Awards: Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, Arts and Culture award, Wellingtonian of the Year (category award)
Gaylene Preston is a New Zealand filmmaker.
Filmography
Bread & Roses (1993) — DirectorPunitive Damage (1999) — ProducerRuby and Rata (1990) — Co-Producer · Writer · DirectorPerfect Strangers (2003) — Writer · Director · ProducerMr. Wrong (1986) — Director · Screenplay · Co-ProducerThe Monster's Christmas (1981) — Art DirectionMy Year with Helen (2017) — Director · Director of PhotographyMiddle Age Spread (1979) — Production DesignWar Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us (1996) — Director · ProducerEllen Is Leaving (2012) — Executive ProducerHome by Christmas (2010) — DirectorKaleidoscope (1987) — SubjectMaking Utu (1983) — Director · ProducerOperation 8 (2011) — Consulting ProducerCeleste (2016) — Executive ProducerJessica (2021) — Executive ProducerHow I Threw Art Out The Window — Writer · Director · ProducerKai Pūrākau – The Storyteller (1987) — DirectorBreath of Peace (2005) — Consulting ProducerEarthquake (2006) — Producer · DirectorNuclear Horror Show Parade (1983) — Director · Editor · Camera OperatorGRACE A Prayer for Peace (2025) — Director · ProducerHope and Wire (2014) — Writer · Director · Creator