John Misto (born 13 October 1952) is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. He graduated with an Arts/Law degree from the

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, and then practised as a lawyer before changing his career to concentrate on working as a recognized theatre and television writer.

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'' (1983) *''Starting Out'' (1983) *''Palace of Dreams'' (1985) -2 episodes *''Natural Causes (1985 film), Natural Causes'' (1985) *''Dancing Daze'' (1986) *''The Last Frontier (miniseries), 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. (TV series), 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 (TV series), MDA'' (2002) – 1 episode *''White Collar Blue'' (2003) – 3 episodes *''Second Chance (2005 film), Second Chance'' (2005) (TV movie) *''The Cut (Australian TV series), The Cut'' (2009) – 6 episodes *''Sisters of War'' (2010) (TV movie) *''Tricky Business (Australian TV series), 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)Madame Rubinstein by John Misto
thesoandsoartsclub.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021. [produced in Sydney as ''Lip Service'']

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Lateral Learning Speakers' Agency. 1952 births Living people Australian television writers Australian dramatists and playwrights University of New South Wales alumni Australian male television writers {{Australia-tv-bio-stub