Gaylene Preston
This is when I fell in love with oral histories – Dame Gaylene Preston
Gaylene's Take is the autobiography of an influential director who created a style of cinema unlike that of male directors of her generation. Dame Gaylene Preston talks about her career at the 2023… Audio
Jane Ross: Finding Filmmaker Gaylene Preston’s Learning Fast
In 1979 an aspiring filmmaker, cameraman and sound recordist went to a little Masterton school to follow the lives of a group of students. The school was Makoura College, a small, predominantly Maori… Audio
Playing Favourites with Dame Gaylene Preston
Film director and producer Dame Gaylene Preston has been an inspirational and groundbreaking force in New Zealand culture for more than four decades. Dame Gaylene joins us to play some favourite… Audio
NZ filmmaker on Jane Campion's success and style
Local filmmakers are lauding Dame Jane Campion's win at the Oscars taking out the coveted Academy Award for best director for The Power of the Dog, which was filmed in Central Otago.
New Zealand Film… Audio
Dame Gaylene Preston: supporting artists in New Zealand
Dame Gaylene Preston has produced and directed many classics of New Zealand cinema. Karyn Hay speaks with Dame Gaylene about her recent column in Stuff that asks "...why do we think than an artist… Audio
Hard Truths: documentary in the 'post-truth' era
Do we expect documentaries to be strictly truthful? And what happens when a desire for good storytelling wins out over the facts? Four leading documentary-makers talk candidly about navigating… Audio
Helen Clark and Gaylene Preston: My Year with Helen
Renowned Kiwi filmmaker Gaylene Preston's film My Year With Helen is a study of gender politics and an insight into the closed world of international diplomacy at the United Nations. Helen Clark and… Video, Audio
Telling True Stories at the New Zealand IFF
We make good documentaries in New Zealand, and nowhere is that more obvious than at the International Film Festival. This year is a gala one, with over a dozen top Kiwi documentary features on… Audio, Gallery
Gaylene Preston: My Year With Helen
Filmmaker Gaylene Preston has just spent a year with Helen Clark at the UN, and a new documentary My Year With Helen is the result. Video, Audio, Gallery
NZ Film Awards - The Moas
Lynn Freeman and Simon Morris talk to Moa winners Carthew Neal, producer of Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Gaylene Preston, veteran producer/director and winner of the Services to Cinema Award. Audio
Masterpieces - Gaylene Preston
Filmmaker, Gaylene Preston, picks her favourite New Zealand film. Audio
Jan and Gaylene Preston: Pianoland
Jan Preston has developed her autobiographical theatre piece 'Adventures in Pianoland' along with her sister, Gaylene, who directs it. Audio
Adventures in Pianoland
Creative sisters pianist Jan Preston and film director Gaylene Preston join forces for a new stage show about Jan's eventful life as a professional musician. In Adventures in Pianoland Jan reveals her… Audio
Catastrophes lay bare many truths
Rebecca Macfie, Lloyd Jones and Gaylene Preston discuss dealing creatively with tough stuff through non-fiction, family memoir, and television drama at the 2014 Christchurch Word Writers and Readers… Audio
Gaylene Preston - Hope and Wire
Gaylene Preston has been making feature films and documentaries with a distinctive NZ flavour for over 30 years. Her latest venture is an epic six part drama series called Hope and Wire, which she… Audio
Conflict is in our history - but what about our consciousness?
Gaylene Preston, Nicky Hagar, Prof. Kevin Clements and RSA head Dr Stephen Clarke talk to Wallace Chapman. Audio
Auckland's 24th Battalion winds down
Sixty-five years after it was first formed, Auckland's 24th Battalion Association will beat a final retreat tomorrow afternoon, but not without a full military ceremony to highlight a proud chapter in… Audio
Eight Months to Mars - Gaylene Preston
Over the last few decades Gaylene Preston has become one of our most prolific filmmakers, winning a clutch of international awards and becoming Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Audio
In search of "national cinema"
Film makers Geoff Murphy and Gaylene Preston on the importance of movies about us. Audio
Gaylene Preston
Filmmaker Gaylene Preston talks about her ongoing and upcoming projects, and appearing in Deborah Shephard's book of conversations with New Zealand women. Audio