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