John Banas
Writing · Writer · Director · Screenplay
Wellington, New Zealand
Active 1974–present
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.
Filmography
Packed Away (2025) — Dad / Clown DadMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) — WriterPhone (1974)headLand (2005) — WriterMirror, Mirror (1995) — DirectorBad Blood (1982) — Macko HagerThe Monster of Mangatiti (2015) — WriterRafferty's Rules (1987) — Ken BascombAll Saints (1998) — WriterHow to Murder Your Wife (2015) — WriterResolve (2017) — WriterThe Red Shoes: Next Step (2023) — WriterWater Rats (1996) — WriterCity Homicide (2007) — CreatorTricky Business (2012) — WriterE Street (1989) — Zoran · Director · Writer · Script Editor · Co-Producer · StoryLove Knots (2021) — WriterBattletruck (1982) — ReubenSafe House (2012) — WriterUnderbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud (2011) — WriterDestination Love (2022) — WriterEmma: Queen of the South Seas (1988) — DirectorSiege (2012) — WriterNearly No Christmas (1983) — Patch