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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
Born	Jonas James Pate (1970-01-15) January 15, 1970 (age 52) Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, director, producer
Years active	1996–present
Spouse	Jennifer Pate ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2

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 creator and executive producer of Outer Banks for Netflix, a drama that premiered on April 15, 2020.[36]

Personal life

Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer,[37] and two children[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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Credited as
		Screenwriter	Director	Producer
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	Credited as			Notes
		Screenwriter	Director	Producer
1999-2000	Good vs Evil	Yes	Yes	Yes	co-creator Episodes written: "Orange Volvo" "Underworld" Episodes directed: "Orange Volvo" "Gee Your Hair Smells Evil" "Evilator" "Sunday Night Evil" "Underworld" 11 episodes as executive producer
2003-2004	L.A. Dragnet	Yes		Yes	Episode written: "Abduction" 10 episodes as co-executive producer
2005	Battlestar Galactica		Yes		Episode directed: "Colonial Day"
2005-2006	Surface	Yes	Yes	Yes	co-creator 15 episodes written Episode directed: "Episode 1.1" 15 episodes as executive producer
2007	Bionic Woman		Yes	Yes	Episode directed: "The Education of Jaime Sommers" Episodes as co-executive producer: "The Education of Jaime Sommers" (director) "The List" "Trust Issues" "Do Not Disturb"
2007-2010	Friday Night Lights		Yes		Episodes directed: "Nevermind" (assistant director) "Backfire" "How Did I Get Here" "Swerve"
2008	Chuck		Yes		Episode directed: "Chuck Versus the Sensei"
	Jen and Barb: Mom Life			Yes	executive producer
2009	The Philanthropist		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "Nigeria Part II" "Haiti" 8 episodes as co-executive producer
2010	Caprica		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "Rebirth" "Retribution" "Apotheosis" 17 episodes as co-executive producer
	Undercovers		Yes		Episode directed: "Funny Money"
2010-2011	The Event		Yes		Episodes directed: "Loyalty" "The Beginning of the End"
2011	Prime Suspect		Yes		Episodes directed: "Carnivorous Sheep" "Great Guy, Yet: Dead"
	The Single Life			Yes	executive producer
2012	Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome		Yes	Yes	executive producer
2013	Deception		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "Nothing's Free, Little Girl" "A Drop of Blood and a Microscope" "Stay with Me" "Good Luck with Your Death" "I'll Start with The Hilbilly"
2014	Believe		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "White Noise"
2015	Blood & Oil		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "Pilot" "The Ripple Effect"
2015-2016	Aquarius		Yes	Yes	Episodes directed: "Everybody's Been Burned" "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game" "Why?" "Old Ego is a Too Much Thing" "Helter Skelter" "Happiness is a Warm Gun" "Revolution 9" "Revolution 9"
2016	Good Behavior		Yes		Episodes directed: "We Pretend We're Stuck"
2017	The Arrangement		Yes		Episodes directed: "The Ex" "Sins" "The New Narrative"
	Chance		Yes		Episodes directed: "Mutliaxial System" "The Collected Works of William Shakespeare" "A Madness of Two"
2018	Marvel's Iron Fist		Yes		Episodes directed: "A Duel of Iron"
	New Amsterdam"		Yes		Episodes directed: "Every Last Minute"
2020	Outer Banks		Yes		6 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Credited as			Notes
		Screenwriter	Director	Producer
2006	Best of Chris Isaak		Yes		"Please"

Awards and nominations

List of awards and award nominations

Year	Award	Award category	Title of work	Result
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	Deceiver (shared with Josh Pate)	Won

References

External links

• Jonas Pate at IMDb

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