Jonas Pate | |
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Born | Jonas James Pate January 15, 1970 |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, producer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Spouse |
Jennifer Pate (
m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Jonas James Pate (born January 15, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote and directed The Grave, Deceiver, The Take, and directed Shrink. Pate also co-created Good vs Evil, Surface and Outer Banks.
Jonas Pate was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Josh Pate. [1] Pate's parents divorced when he was young, and the siblings were raised through elementary school with their mother and step-father in Atlanta, Georgia, and through high school with their father and step-mother in Raeford, NC. [2] He studied philosophy at Princeton University, and graduated in 1992. [3] [4]
In 1996, Pate started his career by writing and directing the thriller film called The Grave with his brother Josh. [5] [6] After a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, it received a wide range of positive reviews. [4] [7] The following year, they collaborated on the movie Deceiver. [8] He subsequently co-created the fantasy action television show Good vs Evil (1999) alongside his brother. [9] From 2003 to 2004, he served as co-executive producer on L.A. Dragnet, [10] [11] for which he also wrote an episode. [12] In 2005, he co-created the science fiction series Surface, which aired until 2006. [13] [14]
As his filmography was already fleshing out, he took on several directing jobs on television series like Battlestar Galactica (2005), [15] [16] Bionic Woman (2007), [17] Friday Night Lights (2007-2010), [18] Chuck (2008), [19] The Philanthropist (2009), [20] Caprica (2010), [21] [22] [23] Undercovers (2010), [24] The Event (2010-2011), [25] and Prime Suspect (2011). [26] He continued his film career by writing the screenplay for The Take (2007). [27] [28] In 2009, he directed the independent film Shrink. [29]
Pate is the director and executive producer on the Battlestar Galactica prequel entitled Blood & Chrome. [30] [31] [32] [33] He has also signed on to direct the independent crime drama film Way Down South, written by himself and his brother. [34] [35]
Pate is the co-creator and executive producer of Outer Banks for Netflix, a teen drama that premiered on April 15, 2020. [36]
Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer, [37] and two young adult children, Lilah and Cooper, [38] in Wilmington, North Carolina. [36]
In 2020, he was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television, and Digital Streaming. [36]
His daughter, Lilah, has made several cameos on Outer Banks and several other Netflix and Amazon Prime Video series; such as The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Film
Year | Title | Director | Writer |
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1996 | The Grave | Yes | Yes |
1997 | Deceiver | Yes | Yes |
2007 | The Take | Yes | |
2009 | Shrink | Yes | |
2013 | Way Down South | Yes | Yes |
Television
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes |
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1999-2000 | Good vs Evil | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Wrote 2 episodes, directed 5 episodes |
2003-2004 | L.A. Dragnet | Yes | Executive | Wrote episode "Abduction" | ||
2005 | Battlestar Galactica | Yes | Episode " Colonial Day" | |||
2005-2006 | Surface | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Wrote 15 episodes Directed episode "There's Something Strange Going On In The World's Oceans" |
2007 | Bionic Woman | Yes | Yes | Directed episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers" | ||
2007-2010 | Friday Night Lights | Yes | 3 episodes | |||
2008 | Chuck | Yes | Episode "Chuck Versus the Sensei" | |||
Jen and Barb: Mom Life | Executive | |||||
2009 | The Philanthropist | Yes | Executive | Directed 2 episodes | ||
2010 | Caprica | Yes | Executive | Directed 3 episodes | ||
Undercovers | Yes | Episode "Funny Money" | ||||
2010-2011 | The Event | Yes | 2 episodes | |||
2011 | Prime Suspect | Yes | 2 episodes | |||
The Single Life | Executive | |||||
2012 |
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome |
Yes | Executive | |||
2013 | Deception | Yes | Yes | Directed 5 episodes | ||
2014 | Believe | Yes | Yes | Directed episode "White Noise" | ||
2015 | Blood & Oil | Yes | Yes | Directed 2 episodes | ||
2015-2016 | Aquarius | Yes | Yes | Directed 7 episodes | ||
2016 | Good Behavior | Yes | Episode "We Pretend We're Stuck" | |||
2017 | The Arrangement | Yes | 3 episodes | |||
Chance | Yes | 3 episodes | ||||
2018 | Iron Fist | Yes | Episode "A Duel of Iron" | |||
New Amsterdam | Yes | Episode "Every Last Minute" | ||||
2020-present | Outer Banks | Yes | Yes | Co-Executive | Yes | Wrote 3 episodes, directed 12 episodes |
Music video
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006 | Best of Chris Isaak | " Please" |
Year | Title | Category | Title | Result |
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1996 | Mystfest | Best Film | The Grave | Nominated |
1997 | Stockholm International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Deceiver (shared with Josh Pate) | Won |
1998 | Festival du Film Policier de Cognac | Special Jury Prize | Won |