John Misto

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]