1 / 6

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.

johnmisto
Download Presentation

John Misto

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Prolific and Multi-award Winning writerJohn Misto

  2. The Biography of John Misto • John Mistois famous and multi- award winning writer from Sydney, NW, who has been recognized for playwrights, scriptwriting and other writings since 1981. Mistowas originally a trained lawyer but started writing for theater, film and television specially for 7-12 years. • John Mistois an in-demand speaker and people always keen to listen to his talks. He has been exclusively comprehensive in his writings. Misto won an AFI Award for his script for The Day of the Roses, and an Australian Writers’ Guild Award. The mini-series also won a Silver Logie. Misto also won 4AFI awards for his other scripts include The Damnation of Harvey McHugh.

  3. The Last Frontier John Mistowas co-writer for the mini-series, The Last Frontier, which was rated as the top mini-series, and for the highly acclaimed ABC series, Palace of Dreams. Both the film and the 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 Mistohas written popular plays which has won him various awards. He has been loved by his fans for his fascinating and thrilling stories.His latest play Harp on the Willow starring Marina Prior had a sell-out season at Sydney's Ensemble Theatre and won the Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Award for Best New Play. His novel The Devil's Companions was published by Hodder Headline in 2005. His play Sky was nominated for the Sydney Critics' Award for Best New Play of the Year and also received a commendation from the Human Rights Commission.

  4. The Shoe-Horn Sonata Misto’s best-known work, The Shoe-Horn Sonata, is one of the most frequently performed plays in Australia. It is the story of two old ladies who are forced to recount their war-time experiences for a television documentary. The play won the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award and The Australia Remembers National Play Competition, ahead of 150 entries. Misto donated his $20,000 prize to a war memorial fund. The play has been widely studied in schools in NSW since 1999 and has been reprinted 14 times.

  5. Peter & Pompey Misto’sfilm and book Peter & Pompey were studied in primary schools throughout Australia and won him a Penguin award for Best TV Script. He was also awarded for his very popular telemovie, Nature Causes.JohnMisto is also an established playwright. Misto's play The Shoe-Horn Sonata It won both the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the Australia Remembers National Play Competition - the biggest playwriting prize ever offered in Australia. Misto donated this prize to the Australian Nurses' National Memorial Fund .

  6. John Misto’s agent is:David SmithSmith & Jones ManagementLevel 810 – 14 Waterloo StreetSYDNEY, NSW 2010Tel: 92139612Thank you

More Related