Writing · Wellington, New Zealand
John Banas
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.
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- Miss Fishers mysteriöse Mordfälle (2012) – Writer
- Der Kampfkoloss (1982) – Reuben
- The Monster of Mangatiti (2015) – Writer
- Queenstown Murders (2024) – Co-Writer
- All Saints (1998) – Writer
- City Homicide (2007) – Creator
- Love Knots (2021) – Writer
- Böses Blut (1982) – Macko Hager
- The Next Step: Lebe Deinen Traum (2023) – Writer
- Destination Love (2022) – Writer
- Water Rats - Die Hafencops (1996) – Writer
- How to Murder Your Wife (2015) – Writer
- headLand (2005) – Writer
- Mirror, Mirror (1995) – Director
- E Street (1989) – Zoran
- Siege (2012) – Writer
- Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud (2011) – Writer
- Safe House (2012) – Writer
- Emma – Königin der Südsee (1988) – Director
- Nearly No Christmas (1983) – Patch
- Rafferty's Rules (1987) – Ken Bascomb
- Bombshell (2016) – Screenplay
- Tricky Business (2012) – Writer
- Strata (1983) – Steve
- Phone (1974)
- Resolve (2017) – Writer
- Toke (2020) – Writer
- Packed Away (2025) – Dad / Clown Dad
- Venus and Mars (2015) – Director
- The Lost Boys of Dilworth (2024) – Script Editor
- Ablaze (2019) – Writer
- Pike River (2016) – Writer
- In a Flash (2018) – Writer
- Kiwi (2018) – Writer
- Straight Forward (2019) – Writer
- Mirror, Mirror II (1997) – Director