The Gaylene Preston Collection
Three women promoting their first movie Mr Wrong (1985): (from left) writer/director Gaylene Preston, lead actor Heather Bolton and producer Robin Laing.
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
Four of the women behind Bread & Roses (1993): from left to right, writer/director Gaylene Preston, executive producer Dorothee Pinfold and producer Robin Laing. Seated is Sonja Davies, whose life was dramatised for the series.
Photograph by Guy Robinson
Director Gaylene Preston in front of the New York headquarters of the United Nations, while making 2017 documentary My Year with Helen.
Photo courtesy of Gaylene Preston Productions
Cinematographer Alun Bollinger and writer/director Gaylene Preston during the filming of 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Camera operator Leon Narbey and writer/director Gaylene Preston on the set of Bread and Roses (1993).
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Producer Robin Laing and director Gaylene Preston with the old Jaguar that terrorises its new owner in Mr Wrong (1985), their first movie. The photo was taken for Wellington's Dominion newspaper.
Photographer Don Roy. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
Director Gaylene Preston makes clear that her first feature film Mr Wrong (1985) is known by another name in some countries: Dark of the Night.
Photographer Simon Townsley. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
Producer Robin Laing in a newspaper photo taken around the time of her first collaboration with director Gaylene Preston, Mr Wrong (1985).
Photographer Nigel Marple. Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
The stars of Gaylene Preston movie Ruby and Rata (1990): Yvonne Lawley (left) as Ruby, and Vanessa Rare as Rata.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
From left to right: Les Bartlett (Kathryn Rawlings), Sonja Davies (Geneviève Picot) and Ruth Page (Janet Fisher) await the verdict, after protesting against closing the Nelson railway line: a scene from the final instalment of Bread & Roses.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
A scene from Bread & Roses. Sonja Davies (Geneviève Picot) hugs her friend Les (Kathryn Rawlings), while protesting against plans in 1955 to remove the Nelson railway line. Lyn (Mandy McMullin) sits on the left of frame in a red coat.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission.
Australian actor Rachael Blake in 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
Rachael Blake as Melanie in a scene from Gaylene Preston's 2003 feature Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
A portrait of Tui Preston as a young woman. Preston was interviewed for her daughter Gaylene's 1995 documentary War Stories.
Photo courtesy of Gaylene Preston Productions
Chelsie Preston Crayford playing her own grandmother Tui Preston, in 2010 movie Home by Christmas.
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