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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.
Jonas Pate | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jonas James Pate January 15, 1970 |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director, producer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Spouse |
Jennifer Pate (m. 2001) |
| Children | 2 |
Pate also co-created the USA Network series Good vs Evil, the NBC series Surface, and the Netflix series 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]
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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
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Executive | Yes | Wrote 3 episodes, directed 12 episodes |
Music video
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best of Chris Isaak | "Please" |
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| Year | Title | Category | Title | 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 | Won | |
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