Gaylene Preston



































Gaylene Preston


ONZM


Gaylene Preston (cropped).jpg
Preston in 2018

Born
(1947-06-01) 1 June 1947 (age 71)

Greymouth, New Zealand
Residence
Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand
Citizenship British
Occupation Filmmaker
Children Chelsie Preston Crayford

Gaylene Mary Preston ONZM (born 1 June 1947) is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films.



Biography


Preston's first film was All The Way Up There. As a producer she has contributed to the award-winning feature documentaries Punitive Damage (1999) and Coffee, Tea or Me? (2001) and Lands of our Fathers (executive producer). Her feature film Home By Christmas was a dramatised oral history based on her father's memories of his wartime experiences, contrasted with her mother's perspective.[1]


Her other feature films include Mr Wrong, Ruby and Rata, and the mini series Bread & Roses (with producer Robin Laing). She was writer, director and producer of Perfect Strangers, a black comedy starring Sam Neill and Rachael Blake.[2] In 1982 Gaylene directed a documentary called Making Utu about the making of Geoff Murphy's iconic feature Utu.[3]


Preston chaired the Academy of Film and Television Arts (1997–99) and was a member of the board of the NZ Film Commission (1979–85) as well as chair of the Film Innovation Fund (1981–85).[citation needed] She has been a member of the Board of New Zealand On Air (The NZ Broadcasting Commission), and was awarded the Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to filmmaking.[4] In 2001 she was the first filmmaker to be made a Laureate by the New Zealand Arts Foundation recognising her contribution to New Zealand film and television.[5] In 2016, Preston received the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Arts and Culture in recognition of her work on New Zealand-focused films and documentaries.[4]


In May 2011 she publicly protested plans for Wellington Airport to erect a Wellywood sign on the hill beside the Miramar Cutting, the highest-profile industry opponent of this initiative.[6]


Preston was awarded the Lia Award at the Stranger with my Face film festival in Tasmania in 2017. The award recognises an influential and innovative figure in the field of genre storytelling. At the festival they screened Gaylene's film Mr Wrong and Perfect Strangers, which were reviewed in depth by Lauren Carroll Harris for Real Time.[7]


She wrote, directed and produced Hope and Wire (2014) a drama mini series about the aftermath of the 2010/2011 Christchurch earthquakes.[3]


Preston's most recent documentary feature film My Year with Helen (2017) premiered at the Athena Film Festival in February 2018.[8]


She lives and works in Wellington, New Zealand, and is the mother of actress Chelsie Preston Crayford.



References





  1. ^ Hogan, Ambrose (21 October 2010). "Review of 'Home By Christmas'". Thinking Faith. British Province of the Society of Jesus. Retrieved 24 December 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Perfect Strangers". Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.


  3. ^ ab "NZ On Screen". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 8 March 2018.


  4. ^ ab "Women of Influence winners". Stuff. Retrieved 13 October 2016.


  5. ^ "Gaylene Preston Film maker". The Arts Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2016.


  6. ^ Chapman, Katie (31 May 2011). "It's all go on Wellywood hill". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 1 October 2011.


  7. ^ "Stranger with tape on her face". Real Time. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


  8. ^ "Athena Film Festival". Athena Film Festival. Retrieved 8 March 2018.




External links



  • Official website

  • http://www.perfectstrangersthemovie.com


  • biography on NZ On Screen


  • screenography on NZ On Screen


  • Gaylene Preston Archive & Reference Project, Women's Gallery Inc., 2012









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