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Gaylene Preston

Director

Taki Rua Theatre - Breaking Barriers

2024, Executive Producer - Film

LOIMATA, The Sweetest Tears

2020, Executive Producer - Film

Hot Words and Bold Retorts

2018, Director, Producer - Short Film

My Year with Helen

2017, Director, Producer, Co-Cinematographer - Film

Amy Street

2016, Executive Producer - Web

The Art of Recovery

2015, Executive Producer - Film

Hope and Wire - Full Series

2014, Director, Writer, Producer - Television

That was New Zealand

2014, Subject - Short Film

The Waterside

2014, Director - Music video

Tātarakihi - The Children of Parihaka

2012, Executive Producer - Film

Strongman - The Tragedy

2012, Director - Dramatic Sequences, Writer, Executive Producer - Television

Ellen is Leaving

2012, Executive Producer - Short Film

Operation 8

2011, Consultant - Film

Reel Late with Kate - Episode

2010, Subject, Guest Film Critic - Television

The Making of Home by Christmas

2010, Subject - Short Film

Home by Christmas

2010, Director, Writer, Producer, As: Herself - Film

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

2009, Camera - Film

Lovely Rita

2007, Director, Producer - Television

The Time of Our Lives

2007, Director, Producer, Commentary Writer, Narrator, Additional Camera Operator - Television

Ans Westra - Private Journeys / Public Signposts

2006, Consultant - Television

Earthquake!

2006, Director, Producer - Television

Tau Te Mauri - Breath of Peace

2005, Consultant - Film

The Making of Perfect Strangers

2004, Director, Producer, Subject - Short Film

Perfect Strangers

2003, Director, Writer, Producer - Film

Coffee, Tea or Me?

2002, Producer - Television

Titless Wonders

2001, Director, Producer, Digital Video Crew - Television

Wahine Requiem

2001, Director - Short Film

Campaign

1999, Consultant - Film

Getting to Our Place

1999, Co-Director, Producer - Television

Punitive Damage

1999, Producer - Film

Survivor Stories

1998, Producer, Director - Short Film

Hone Tuwhare

1996, Director, Co-Producer, Subject - Television

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us

1995, Director, Writer, Producer - Film

Bread and Roses

1993, Director, Writer, Associate Producer - Television

Breaking Barriers

1993, Subject - Television

The Making of Bread and Roses

1993, Subject - Television

Married

1992, Director - Television

Sweetness

1992, Consultant Producer - Short Film

Ruby and Rata

1990, Director, Co-Producer, Script Development - Film

O'Reilly's Luck

1989, Writer - Short Film

Last Days at McVay Street

1988, Director, Camera Operator, Editor - Short Film

Kaleidoscope - NZ Cinema, the Past Decade

1987, Subject - Television

Kai Pūrākau - The Storyteller

1987, Director, Producer - Television

Dangerous Orphans

1986, Art Director - Film

Sunday - Media Women

1986, Subject - Television

Mr Wrong

1985, Director, Writer, Co-Producer - Film

Mindout

1984, Producer, Director - Short Film

Angel of the Junkheap

1984, Director - Music video

Saving the Earth

1984, Director - Short Film

Shirley Grace Puts Out the Washing

1983, Camera Operator, Editor - Short Film

Close Up - Patu: Completing the Picture

1983, Subject - Television

Nuclear Horror Show Parade

1983, Director, Editor, Camera Operator, Interviewer - Short Film

Patu!

1983, Coordinator - Film

Taking Over

1982, Co_Director - Short Film

Making Utu

1982, Director, Producer - Television

The Only One You Need

1982, Director - Music video

The Only One You Need - The Neighbours Compilation

1982, Producer, Director - Short Film

The Monster's Christmas

1981, Art Director - Television

Hold Up

1981, Director, Writer, Story - Short Film

How I Threw Art Out the Window

1981, Director, Writer, Producer - Short Film

Learning Fast

1980, Director, Producer - Film

All the Way Up There

1979, Director, Producer - Television

Middle Age Spread

1979, Set Design - Film

Shoreline

1978, Director, Animator - Television

Shoreline - First Episode

1978, Director, Animator - Television

Draw Me A Circle

1973, Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Sound Recordist, Editor - Short Film

The Animals and the Lawn Mower

1972, Director - Short Film