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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

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The Gaylene Preston Collection

The Gaylene Preston Collection

Overview
Backgrounds (5)
Photos
Links

Gaylene Preston's official website
Official website for 2017 documentary My Year with Helen
Guide to Gaylene Preston's work, by Danny Bultitude
Extensive research project on Gaylene Preston, The Women's Gallery (updated 2011)
Gaylene Preston is interviewed by her daughter Chelsie, Pantograph Punch website, September 2017
Extended interview, Senses of Cinema, October 2010
Video interview for NZ On Screen, October 2009
Gaylene Preston talks about working with archive footage, Friends of the Turnball Library, July 2021
Gaylene Preston's book Gaylene's Take - My Life in New Zealand Film
Blog by Danny Bultitude on archiving Preston's work, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, November 2022
Profile of producer Robyn Laing, a longtime collaborator
Profile of cinematographer Alun Bollinger, a longtime collaborator
Profile of editor Paul Sutorius, a longtime collaborator
Profile of late actor Shirley Grace, a longtime friend
Profile of editor Simon Reece, a longtime collaborator

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