Jonas Pate

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Jonas Pate
Born
Jonas James Pate

(1970-01-15) January 15, 1970 (age 54)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, producer
Years active1996–present
Spouse
Jennifer Pate
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(m. 2001)​
Children2

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 .

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Pate also co-created the USA Network series Good vs Evil , the NBC series Surface , and the Netflix series Outer Banks.

Early life

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriter
1996 The Grave YesYes
1997 Deceiver YesYes
2007 The Take Yes
2009 Shrink Yes
2013Way Down SouthYesYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerCreatorNotes
1999-2000 Good vs Evil YesYesExecutiveYesWrote 2 episodes, directed 5 episodes
2003-2004 L.A. Dragnet YesExecutiveWrote episode "Abduction"
2005 Battlestar Galactica YesEpisode "Colonial Day"
2005-2006 Surface YesYesExecutiveYesWrote 15 episodes
Directed episode "There's Something Strange
Going On In The World's Oceans"
2007 Bionic Woman YesYesDirected episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers"
2007-2010 Friday Night Lights Yes3 episodes
2008 Chuck YesEpisode "Chuck Versus the Sensei"
Jen and Barb: Mom LifeExecutive
2009 The Philanthropist YesExecutiveDirected 2 episodes
2010 Caprica YesExecutiveDirected 3 episodes
Undercovers YesEpisode "Funny Money"
2010-2011 The Event Yes2 episodes
2011 Prime Suspect Yes2 episodes
The Single LifeExecutive
2012 Battlestar Galactica:
Blood & Chrome 		YesExecutive
2013 Deception YesYesDirected 5 episodes
2014 Believe YesYesDirected episode "White Noise"
2015 Blood & Oil YesYesDirected 2 episodes
2015-2016 Aquarius YesYesDirected 7 episodes
2016 Good Behavior YesEpisode "We Pretend We're Stuck"
2017 The Arrangement Yes3 episodes
Chance Yes3 episodes
2018 Iron Fist YesEpisode "A Duel of Iron"
New Amsterdam YesEpisode "Every Last Minute"
2020-present Outer Banks YesYesExecutiveYesWrote 3 episodes, directed 12 episodes

Music video

YearTitleNotes
2006 Best of Chris Isaak "Please"

Awards and nominations

YearTitleCategoryTitleResult
1996MystfestBest 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 PrizeWon

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