Cast & creator
John Banas
Best known for E Street, E Street, E Street
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.
22
film credits
20
television credits
8
1974–2025 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (42)
Showing 42 of 42 credits
E Street
Zoran
1989E Street
Director
1989E Street
Writer
1989E Street
Co-Producer
1989E Street
Script Editor
1989E Street
Story
1989
Water Rats
Writer
1996
All Saints
Writer
1998
Rafferty's Rules
Ken Bascomb
1987
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Writer
2012
City Homicide
Creator
2007
headLand
Writer
2005
A Remarkable Place to Die
Creator
2024
Tricky Business
Writer
2012
Mirror, Mirror
Director
1995
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud
Writer
2011
Emma: Queen of the South Seas
Director
1988
Mirror, Mirror II
Director
1997
Battletruck
Reuben
1982
The Red Shoes: Next Step
Writer
2023
Straight Forward
Writer
2019Straight Forward
Creator
2019
How to Murder Your Wife
Writer
2015
The Monster of Mangatiti
Writer
2015
Phone
1974
Destination Love
Writer
2022
Siege
Writer
2012
Packed Away
Dad / Clown Dad
2025
Bad Blood
Macko Hager
1982
Love Knots
Writer
2021
The Lost Boys of Dilworth
Script Editor
2024
Bombshell
Screenplay
2016
Nearly No Christmas
Patch
1983
Resolve
Writer
2017Strata
Steve
1983
Ablaze
Writer
2019
Safe House
Writer
2012
In a Flash
Writer
2018
Toke
Writer
2020
Venus and Mars
Director
2015
Pike River
Writer
2016
Kiwi
Writer
2018