John Banas

Known for WritingWellington, New Zealand

John Banas is a New Zealander writer, director, actor and teacher who has, for over forty years, worked extensively in New Zealand, Australia and the United States. He began as an actor, writer and director in Kiwi theatre during the 1970s, Banas increasingly focused on dramatic writing for television from the 80s on. After relocating to Australia, he established himself as a prolific TV screenwriter with a string of iconic shows, including Blue Heelers and City Homicide. His many New Zealand scripts include Bombshell and award-winning telemovies Siege and How to Murder Your Wife.Read more

Movies & web series

Phone

Resolve

headLand

Rafferty's Rules

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Tricky Business

Mirror, Mirror

Bad Blood

How to Murder Your Wife

E Street

The Red Shoes: Next Step

Water Rats

The Monster of Mangatiti

All Saints

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud

City Homicide

Love Knots

Destination Love

Safe House

Siege

Nearly No Christmas

Bombshell

Battletruck

Emma: Queen of the South Seas

Strata

Packed Away

The Lost Boys of Dilworth

Toke

Ablaze

Straight Forward

In a Flash

Kiwi

Pike River

Venus and Mars

Mirror, Mirror II