Gaylene Preston
Director
Cinematographer Alun Bollinger and writer/director Gaylene Preston during the filming of 2003 movie Perfect Strangers.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission
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
Camera operator Leon Narbey and writer/director Gaylene Preston on the set of Bread and Roses (1993).
Kindly provided by The Dominion Post
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
Behind the scenes on 1985 movie Mr Wrong, in Pāuatahanui. 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 Leonard, Thomas 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
Three women promoting their first movie Mr Wrong (1985): (from left) writer/director Gaylene Preston, lead actor Heather Bolton and producer Robin Laing.
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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
Rachael Blake as Melanie in a scene from Gaylene Preston's 2003 feature Perfect Strangers.
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