"I Sometimes Felt Like the Worst Partner in the World": DP Clarke Gayford on Prime Minister

Prime Minister, premiering in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition, is co-director Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe’s behind-the-scenes look at Jacinda Ahern’s five years as the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Clarke Gayford, Ahern’s husband and a radio and TV broadcaster, also served as one of the film’s cinematographers. Below, he talks about the challenges of pulling double duty as both a DP and a supportive husband to a prime minister. See all respon...