Josh Pate | |
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Born | Joshua Warren Pate January 15, 1970 Raeford, North Carolina, United States |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, producer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Joshua Warren Pate (born January 15, 1970) [1] [2] is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote The Grave , Deceiver , and The Take . Pate also co-created Good vs Evil , Surface , and Outer Banks .
Josh Pate was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Jonas Pate. [3] [4] He received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992. [5]
In 1996, Pate began his screenwriting career, working alongside his brother Jonas on the thriller called The Grave . [6] [7] The film received a wide range of positive reviews after a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. [8] They collaborated on the movie Deceiver the following year. [9] "The Pate brothers" subsequently created the fantasy action television show Good vs Evil (1999). [10] [11] He later moved on to direct two episodes of Fastlane (2002-2003). [12] [13] From 2003 to 2004, Pate served as co-executive producer on L.A. Dragnet , for which he also wrote two episodes. [14] [15]
In 2005, he co-created the science fiction series Surface , which aired until 2006. [16] [17] [18] The same year, he also co-directed the Chris Isaak music video "Please", [19] and an episode of Friday Night Lights . [20] He continued his film career by co-writing the screenplay for The Take (2007). [21] [22] From 2007 to 2008, he held the position of consulting producer on the paranormal romance television drama Moonlight . [23] [24] [25] [26]
Pate was an executive producer for the 2012 comedy fantasy film Mirror Mirror . [27] [28] He also signed on to co-write—with his brother—the independent crime drama film Way Down South. [29] [30]
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 and directed 5 episodes |
2002-03 | Fastlane | Yes | 2 episodes | |||
2003-04 | L.A. Dragnet | Yes | Executive | Wrote 2 episodes | ||
2005-06 | Surface | Yes | Yes | Executive | Yes | Wrote 15 episodes Directed episode "There's Something Strange Going On In The World's Oceans" |
2006 | Friday Night Lights | Yes | Episode "Full Hearts" | |||
2007-08 | Moonlight | Yes | Consulting | Wrote 2 episodes | ||
2015 | Blood & Oil | Yes | Executive | Yes | Wrote 2 episodes | |
2020 | Outer Banks | Yes | Executive | Yes | Wrote 4 episodes | |
Music video
Year | Title | Notes |
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2006 | Best of Chris Isaak | "Please" |
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
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1997 | Stockholm International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Deceiver (shared with Jonas Pate ) | Won |
1998 | Festival du Film Policier de Cognac | Special Jury Prize | Won | |
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