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Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen
Thumbnail from title in The Gaylene Preston Collection | NZ On Screen

The Gaylene Preston Collection

The Gaylene Preston Collection

Ed Preston (Martin Henderson) and his partner Tui (Chelsie Preston Crayford) on the train home, in Home by Christmas.

Kindly supplied by Gaylene Preston Productions

Tony Barry (Ed Preston) in movie Home by Christmas (2010).

Kindly supplied by Gaylene Preston Productions

A behind the scenes shot in Pāuatahanui, during the filming of 1985 movie Mr Wrong. From left to right: director Gaylene Preston (seated), assistant grip Alistair Allan, camera operator Alun Bollinger, first assistant director John Samuels, continuity person Margot Shellgrove, and cinematographer Thomas Burstyn.

Kindly provided by The Dominion Post

On the set of 1985 movie Mr Wrong. From left to right (at the back): Wayne LeonardThomas Burstyn (wearing hat), Margot Shellgrove, director Gaylene Preston, John Samuels, Alun Bollinger, Chris Graves and Robin Murphy. Foreground: Jan Fisher and lead actor Heather Bolton (in swanndri).

Kindly provided by Onfilm magazine

Rata (Vanessa Rare) takes to the stage in Gaylene Preston's second movie, Ruby and Rata (1990). Meanwhile Sike (Russell Gowers) gets ready to turn it up to eleven.

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

Charlie (Mick Rose) and Sonja (Geneviève Picot) listen to a speech by Stan Whitehead, protesting about plans to remove the Nelson railway line, in Bread and Roses(1993).

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

Sonja (Geneviève Picot) and American marine corporal Red (Erik Thomson) steal a moment together in Bread & Roses.

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

Melanie (Rachael Blake) suggests it's time to go, to the man she meets at the pub (Sam Neill). A scene from early in Perfect Strangers (2003).

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

Sam Neill in Gaylene Preston's 2003 feature Perfect Strangers.

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

Arriving on the island: Melanie (Rachael Blake) and The Man (Sam Neill) in Perfect Strangers.

Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission

A photo of Flo Small, one of the women interviewed for 1995 documentary War Stories.

Photo courtesy of Gaylene Preston Productions

A portrait of Mabel Waititi and her child. Waititi was interviewed for 1995 documentary War Stories.

Photo courtesy of Gaylene Preston Productions