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John Banas

John Banas

Actor, Writer, Producer

Died November 4, 2025

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John Banas has spent over forty years working extensively across New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. In 1984, he earned a New Zealand industry award for Best Script. He also received the Prix Italia for Best Educational Script and won the Australian Writers Guild Awards for Best Script in a Television Series in both 1997 and 2001. In 2012, John wrote the Underbelly NZ series 'Land of the Long Green Cloud' and the telemovies 'Siege' and 'Safe House', all nominated for Best Drama at the 2012 New Zealand Screen Writers Awards. 'Siege' won Best Drama at the New Zealand Television Awards, received the People's Choice for Best on The Box, and was honored with a Golden Panda Award in China. His screenplay 'How To Murder Your Wife' won Best Comedy at the 2015 New York International Film Festival and Britain's C21 Drama Award for best television drama. John has authored over 200 hours of television content, including six telemovies based on true stories. His work has been published in Australia and New Zealand through Top Shelf - Currency Press. His credits as scriptwriter, director, and producer include acclaimed series such as 'City Homicide', which he co-created with John Hugginson and for which he wrote over thirty episodes, along with 'Headland', 'All Saints', 'Blue Heelers', 'Stingers', 'Murder Call', 'Water Rats', and the Miss Phryne Fisher Murder Mysteries. In 2001, John was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the Queen's New Year's Honours List for his contributions to Australian society through television writing. He currently lives and works in Brisbane.

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Actor

15

Type

Year

City Homicide Poster

City Homicide TV Series2007Rex Trevallion

Blue Heelers Poster

Blue Heelers TV Series1994Joel Turner

E Street Poster

E Street TV Series1989Zoran

Home and Away Poster

Home and Away TV Series1988Interviewer

Rafferty's Rules Poster

Rafferty's Rules TV Series1987Ken Bascomb

Roche TV Series1985Traffic officer

Inside Straight Poster

Inside Straight TV Series1984Lou Stein

Nearly No Christmas Poster

Nearly No Christmas TV Movie1983Patch

Battletruck Poster

Battletruck Feature Film1982Reuben

Loose Enz TV Series1982Eade

Strata Feature Film1982Steve

Bad Blood Poster

Bad Blood Feature Film1981Macko Hager

Buck House Poster

Buck House TV Series1974Hugh

Telephone Etiquette Poster

Telephone Etiquette Feature Film1974Trench

The Killing of Kane TV Movie1971

Writer

39

Type

Year

The Passenger Poster

The Passenger Short Film2025

A Remarkable Place to Die Poster

A Remarkable Place to Die TV Series2024

The Red Shoes: Next Step Poster

The Red Shoes: Next Step Feature Film2023

A Love Yarn Poster

A Love Yarn TV Movie2021

Destination Love Poster

Destination Love TV Movie2021

Love Knots Poster

Love Knots TV Movie2021

Toke TV Movie2020

Ablaze TV Movie2019

Find My Killer Mini-Series2019

Straight Forward Poster

Straight Forward TV Series2019

In A Flash... Poster

In A Flash... TV Movie2018

Kiwi TV Movie2018

Dear Murderer Poster

Dear Murderer TV Series2017

Resolve TV Movie2017

Bombshell Poster

Bombshell TV Movie2016

Pike River Poster

Pike River Documentary2016

The Monster of Mangatiti Poster

The Monster of Mangatiti Documentary2015

True Crime: How to Murder Your Wife Poster

True Crime: How to Murder Your Wife TV Movie2015

True Crime: Venus and Mars Poster

True Crime: Venus and Mars TV Movie2015

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Poster

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries TV Series2012

Tricky Business Poster

Tricky Business Mini-Series2012

True Crime: Safe House Poster

True Crime: Safe House TV Movie2012

True Crime: Siege Poster

True Crime: Siege TV Movie2012

Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud Poster

Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud TV Series2011

City Homicide Poster

City Homicide TV Series2007

Headland Poster

Headland TV Series2005

The Angel Files TV Series2002

Young Lions Poster

Young Lions Mini-Series2002

Above the Law Poster

Above the Law TV Series2000

All Saints Poster

All Saints TV Series1998

Stingers Poster

Stingers TV Series1998

Murder Call Poster

Murder Call TV Series1997

Water Rats Poster

Water Rats TV Series1996

Blue Heelers Poster

Blue Heelers TV Series1994

E Street Poster

E Street TV Series1989

Nearly No Christmas Poster

Nearly No Christmas TV Movie1983

Mortimer's Patch Poster

Mortimer's Patch TV Series1980

Buck House Poster

Buck House TV Series1974

Wahine Feature Film

Producer

3

Murder Call Poster

Murder Call TV Series1997

Water Rats Poster

Water Rats TV Series1996

E Street Poster

E Street TV Series1989

Director

3

Type

Year

Mirror, Mirror Poster

Mirror, Mirror TV Series1995

E Street Poster

E Street TV Series1989

Emma: Queen of the South Seas Poster

Emma: Queen of the South Seas Mini-Series1988

Script and Continuity Department

4

Type

Year

The Lost Boys of Dilworth Poster

The Lost Boys of Dilworth Feature Film2024

Water Rats Poster

Water Rats TV Series1996

E Street Poster

E Street TV Series1989

Nature TV Series1982

Other Crew

1

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Poster

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries TV Series2012

Stunts

1

Nearly No Christmas Poster

Nearly No Christmas TV Movie1983

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