John Misto

John Misto
Born	13 October 1952 (1952-10-13) (age 72)
Education	University of South Wales
Occupation(s)	Playwright/dramatist, television screenwriter

John Misto (born 13 October 1952) is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. He graduated with an Arts/Law degree from the University of New South Wales, and then practised as a lawyer before changing his career to concentrate on working as a recognized theatre and television writer.

Select credits

• A Country Practice (1981)
• Waterloo Station (1983)
• The Young Doctors (1983)
• Starting Out (1983)
• Palace of Dreams (1985) -2 episodes
• Natural Causes (1985)
• Dancing Daze (1986)
• The Last Frontier (1986)
• Dusty (1988) (TV series)
• Touch the Sun: Peter and Pompey (1988) (TV movie)
• The Dirtwater Dynasty (1988)
• The Fremantle Conspiracy (1988)
• G.P. (1989–91) – 3 episodes
• Butterfly Island (1993) (TV movie)
• The Damnation of Harvey McHugh (1994) – creator, 13 episodes
• The Day of the Roses (1998)
• Finding Hope (2001) (TV movie)
• Heroes' Mountain (2002) (TV movie)
• MDA (2002) – 1 episode
• White Collar Blue (2003) – 3 episodes
• Second Chance (2005) (TV movie)
• The Cut (2009) – 6 episodes
• Sisters of War (2010) (TV movie)
• Tricky Business (2012) – 1 episode

Theatre credits

• The Last Time I Saw Paris (1980)
• Room for Dreamers (1980)
• The Dying of Angel Dunleavy (1980)
• Sky (1992)
• The Shoe-Horn Sonata (1995)
• Gossamer (1997)
• Harp on the Willow (2007)
• Dark Voyager (2014)
• Madame Rubinstein (2017) [produced in Sydney as Lip Service]

External links

• John Misto at IMDb
• John Misto at AustLit
• Australian theatre credits at AusStage
• John Misto, Lateral Learning Speakers' Agency.