John Misto
John Misto is a prolific and multi-award winning writer who has been writing for the theatre, film and television for almost two decades. Originally trained as a lawyer, Misto has been working as a full-time writer since 1981.
John's writing credits are extensive. He won his third AFI Award in 1999 for The Day of the Roses - The Granville Story. This top rating mini-series alos won Misto his third Writers' Guild award and a silver Logie for Best Mini-series of the Year. His other scripts include The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, winner of 4 AFI Awards. He was co-writer of the top rating mini-series, The Last Frontier, and the highly acclaimed ABC series, Palace of Dreams. Misto has also written two popular and award-winning telemovies, Natural Causes and Peter & Pompey. Both the film and the book of Peter & Pompey were studied in primary schools throughout Australia and won him a Penguin award for Best TV Script. John's television script Heroes' Mountain won a Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Television Awards and his latest series The Cut has been recently aired on ABC TV.
John's writing credits are extensive. He won his third AFI Award in 1999 for The Day of the Roses - The Granville Story. This top rating mini-series alos won Misto his third Writers' Guild award and a silver Logie for Best Mini-series of the Year. His other scripts include The Damnation of Harvey McHugh, winner of 4 AFI Awards. He was co-writer of the top rating mini-series, The Last Frontier, and the highly acclaimed ABC series, Palace of Dreams. Misto has also written two popular and award-winning telemovies, Natural Causes and Peter & Pompey. Both the film and the book of Peter & Pompey were studied in primary schools throughout Australia and won him a Penguin award for Best TV Script. John's television script Heroes' Mountain won a Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Television Awards and his latest series The Cut has been recently aired on ABC TV.