Writing
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 d...


Packed Away
Dad / Clown Dad
2025

The Lost Boys of Dilworth
Script Editor
2024

The Red Shoes: Next Step
Writer
2023

Destination Love
Writer
2022

Love Knots
Writer
2021

Toke
Writer
2020

Ablaze
Writer
2019

Straight Forward
Writer
2019

Kiwi
Writer
2018

In a Flash
Writer
2018

Resolve
Writer
2017

Pike River
Writer
2016

Bombshell
Screenplay
2016

The Monster of Mangatiti
Writer
2015

Venus and Mars
Director
2015

How to Murder Your Wife
Writer
2015

Siege
Writer
2012

Safe House
Writer
2012

Tricky Business
Writer
2012

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Writer
2012

Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud
Writer
2011

City Homicide
Creator
2007

headLand
Writer
2005

All Saints
Writer
1998

Mirror, Mirror II
Director
1997

Water Rats
Writer
1996

Mirror, Mirror
Director
1995

E Street
Zoran
1989

Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Director
1988

Rafferty's Rules
Ken Bascomb
1987

Nearly No Christmas
Patch
1983

Bad Blood
Macko Hager
1982

Battletruck
Reuben
1982

Phone
1974