Gaston has written and sold screenplays, including
Like a Lady and
Mockingbird, to
Steve Tisch and
New Line Cinema, and
Madame Lupescue (to
Ron Howard in 1996). Her first directed film, the documentary
The Cream Will Rise (1998) profiled singer/songwriter
Sophie B. Hawkins's early years, played at film festivals and was reviewed in
Variety. Gaston directed the 1998 music video for
Olivia Newton-John's updated "
I Honestly Love You". Gaston directed the 2002 heist film
Beyond the City Limits Rip It Off with
Nastassja Kinski,
Alyson Hannigan and
Jennifer Esposito, received mixed reviews. In 2008, Gaston directed the documentary
We Will Not Be Silenced about alleged irregularities in the
caucuses for the
2008 Democratic party presidential primaries. Though Gaston is a Democrat and her great Grandfather, Mayor of Boston and Governor of Mass, the doc was only discussed in "right of center" blogs and media outlets such as
Fox and Friends and others. In 2012, she wrote and directed the play
Room 105: The Highs and Lows of Janis Joplin, featuring Sophie B. Hawkins as Joplin. It opened on October 4, the anniversary of
Joplin's death, and its run was extended. It was described as "impressively written and directed" and "a joy" in
EDGE Los Angeles, and received good reviews elsewhere. Her film
Alone Together is based on her mother's book of the same title and began production in January 2018. The film
9 Bullets, inspired by her close friendship with the burlesque performer
Gypsy Rose Lee and starring
Lena Headey,
Sam Worthington, and Dean Scott Vazquez, was released in April 2022 by
Screen Media. == Personal life ==