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Portrait of Gaylene Preston

Directing

Gaylene Preston

Career

Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 1983 and 1987 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score50/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong
GoodWatch score52/100

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • New Zealand Cinema 2
  • Documentary 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
How I Threw Art Out The Window
How I Threw Art Out The Window

Writer, Director

2020s

2 titles
GRACE A Prayer for Peace
GRACE A Prayer for Peace (2025)

Director, Producer

Jessica
Jessica (2021)

Executive Producer

2010s

5 titles
My Year with Helen
My Year with Helen (2017)

Director, Director of Photography

Celeste
Celeste (2016)

Executive Producer

Ellen Is Leaving
Ellen Is Leaving (2012)

Executive Producer

Operation 8
Operation 8 (2011)

Consulting Producer

Home by Christmas
Home by Christmas (2010)

Director

2000s

3 titles · average score 49
Earthquake
Earthquake (2006)

Producer, Director

Breath of Peace
Breath of Peace (2005)

Consulting Producer

Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers (2003)
GoodWatch score 49

Writer, Director

1990s

4 titles
Punitive Damage
Punitive Damage (1999)

Producer

War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us
War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us (1996)

Producer, Director

Bread & Roses
Bread & Roses (1993)

Director

Ruby and Rata
Ruby and Rata (1990)

Writer, Co-Producer

1980s

6 titles · average score 52
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope (1987)

as Subject

Kai Pūrākau – The Storyteller
Kai Pūrākau – The Storyteller (1987)

Director

Mr. Wrong
Mr. Wrong (1986)
GoodWatch score 52

Director, Screenplay

Making Utu
Making Utu (1983)

Producer, Director

Nuclear Horror Show Parade
Nuclear Horror Show Parade (1983)

Director, Editor

The Monster's Christmas
The Monster's Christmas (1981)

Art Direction

1970s

1 title
Middle Age Spread
Middle Age Spread (1979)

Production Design