Jonas Pate

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| name = Jonas Pate

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|1|15}}

| birth_name = Jonas James Pate

| birth_place = Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

| spouse = {{marriage|Jennifer Pate|2001}}

| children = 2

| years_active = 1996–present

| occupation = Screenwriter, director, producer

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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 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-18-ca-9376-story.html|title=Pate Twins Pair Up to Co-Pilot Several Projects|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 23, 2011|first=Steven|last=Smith|date=January 18, 1998}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://sg.movies.yahoo.com/Jonas+Pate/biography/182559/family/|title=Jonas Pate - Family and Companions|publisher=Yahoo.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} He studied philosophy at Princeton University, and graduated in 1992.{{cite web|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/1998/|title=The Brothers Pate|date=19 January 1998 |publisher=NyMag.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thesurfacearea.com/castcrew/jonasjoshpate.html|title=Jonas and Josh Pate|publisher=TheSurfaceArea.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}

Career

In 1996, Pate started his career by writing and directing the thriller film called The Grave with his brother Josh.{{cite web|url=http://www.reelz.com/movie/199696/the-grave/|title=The Grave 1996|publisher=Reelz.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210202236/http://www.reelz.com/movie/199696/the-grave/|archivedate=December 10, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://video.tvguide.com/THE+Grave/THE+Grave/814949?autoplay=true&partnerid=OVG|title=THE GRAVE|publisher=TVGuide.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=April 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401132812/http://video.tvguide.com/THE+Grave/THE+Grave/814949?autoplay=true&partnerid=OVG|url-status=dead}} After a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, it received a wide range of positive reviews.{{cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/films/1387|title=1996 Sundance Film Festival|publisher=Sundance.org|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} The following year, they collaborated on the movie Deceiver.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacafe.com/topics/deceiver_%28film%29/|title=Deceiver (film)|publisher=MetaCafe.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} He subsequently co-created the fantasy action television show Good vs Evil (1999) alongside his brother.{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117742992|title=(Comedy / Thriller Series -- USA Network, Sun. July 18, 8 p.m.)|publisher=Variety.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|first=Ray|last=Richmond|date=July 15, 1999}} From 2003 to 2004, he served as co-executive producer on L.A. Dragnet,{{cite web|url=http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ladragnet/|title=L.A. Dragnet|publisher=WCHSTV.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=November 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128051929/http://www.wchstv.com/abc/ladragnet/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://sharetv.org/shows/la_dragnet/cast|title=L.A. Dragnet Producers|publisher=ShareTV.org|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} for which he also wrote an episode.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/la-dragnet/abduction-274362/|title=Abduction Writers|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} In 2005, he co-created the science fiction series Surface, which aired until 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/surfacing-josh-pate_article_49815.html|title=Surfacing with Josh Pate|publisher=Mania.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105205118/http://www.mania.com/surfacing-josh-pate_article_49815.html|archivedate=November 5, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2006/08/25/journal-now-interview-with-surface-co-creator/|title=Journal Now Interview With "Surface" Co-Creator|date=25 August 2006 |publisher=SliceOfSciFi.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}

As his filmography was already fleshing out, he took on several directing jobs on television series like Battlestar Galactica (2005),{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/title/0,,3707479,00.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Colonial Day|publisher=ArtistDirect.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=May 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504030540/http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/movies/title/0,,3707479,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://movies.amctv.com/movie/353877/Battlestar-Galactica-Colonial-Day/credits|title=Battlestar Galactica: Colonial Day credits|publisher=AMCTV.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=April 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406094936/http://movies.amctv.com/movie/353877/Battlestar-Galactica-Colonial-Day/credits|url-status=dead}} Bionic Woman (2007),{{cite web|url=http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/4356/review-bionic-woman-the-education-of-jaime-sommers.html|title=Review: 'Bionic Woman' - The Education Of Jaime Sommers|publisher=AirlockAlpha.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} Friday Night Lights (2007-2010),{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/jonas-pate/credits/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204220005/http://www.tv.com/people/jonas-pate/credits/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=Jonas Pate Credits|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} Chuck (2008),{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/chuck/show/chuck-versus-the-sensei/episode/190642|title=EPISODE CAST AND CREW|publisher=Yahoo.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} The Philanthropist (2009),{{cite web|url=http://www.1channel.ch/watch-2384603-The-Philanthropist-Haiti|title=The Philanthropist Haiti|publisher=1Channel.ch|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} Caprica (2010),{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/caprica-retribution-review_article_125788.html|title=Caprica: Retribution Review|publisher=Mania.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018051932/http://www.mania.com/caprica-retribution-review_article_125788.html|archive-date=October 18, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://sfscope.com/2010/02/once-more-with-feelingcapricas.html|title=Once More With Feeling—Caprica's "Rebirth"|publisher=SFScope.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514223024/http://sfscope.com/2010/02/once-more-with-feelingcapricas.html|archivedate=May 14, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/tv/reviews/130730-caprica-118-apotheosis|title=CAPRICA 1.18 'Apotheosis'|publisher=CraveOnline.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504015811/http://www.craveonline.com/tv/reviews/130730-caprica-118-apotheosis|archive-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead}} Undercovers (2010),{{cite web|url=http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TEzIfGDDdN6cCH/cast-crew|title=Undercovers (2010): Funny Money|publisher=MovieWeb.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504002156/http://www.movieweb.com/tv/TEzIfGDDdN6cCH/cast-crew|archive-date=May 4, 2014|url-status=dead}} The Event (2010-2011),{{cite web|url=http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/nbc/event-106-loyalty-review/36225|title=The Event 1.06 "Loyalty" Review|publisher=Zap2it|access-date=October 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210005801/http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/nbc/event-106-loyalty-review/36225|archive-date=February 10, 2013}} and Prime Suspect (2011).{{cite web|url=http://playwatchmovies.com/show/title/_Prime_Suspect_Carnivorous_Sheep-2011|title=Watch ""Prime Suspect" Carnivorous Sheep (2011)" Movie Online|publisher=PlayWatchMovies.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=April 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425084024/http://playwatchmovies.com/show/title/_Prime_Suspect_Carnivorous_Sheep-2011|url-status=dead}} He continued his film career by writing the screenplay for The Take (2007).{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1194326-take/|title=The Take (2007)|publisher=RottenTomatoes.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/305091|title=Complete Cast of The Take|publisher=Blockbuster.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606072657/http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movieDetails/305091|archivedate=June 6, 2012}} In 2009, he directed the independent film Shrink.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/shiny_happy_people_acting_jonas_pates_shrink/|title=Shiny Happy People Acting: Jonas Pate's "Shrink"|date=21 July 2009 |publisher=IndieWire.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}

Pate is the director and executive producer on the Battlestar Galactica prequel entitled Blood & Chrome.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/mark-romanek-locke-key-jonas-pate-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/61668/|title=Series Pilots Land Directors Including Mark Romanek for LOCKE & KEY and Jonas Pate for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: BLOOD & CHROME|publisher=Collider.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=September 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926230532/http://collider.com/mark-romanek-locke-key-jonas-pate-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/61668/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/11/three-drama-pilots-land-directors-85534/|title=Four Drama Pilots Land Directors|date=22 November 2010 |publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://sciencefiction.com/2011/03/18/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome/|title='Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome'|date=18 March 2011 |publisher=ScienceFiction.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=74076|title=Production Begins on Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome|publisher=ComingSoon.net|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212154759/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=74076|url-status=dead}} He has also signed on to direct the independent crime drama film Way Down South, written by himself and his brother.{{cite web|url=http://www.allvoices.com/news/10774641-jonas-pate-lines-up-crime-drama-cast|title=Jonas Pate lines up crime drama cast|publisher=AllVoices.com|accessdate=November 3, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504015542/http://www.allvoices.com/news/10774641-jonas-pate-lines-up-crime-drama-cast|archivedate=May 4, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.capricatv.net/2011/11/alessandra-torresani-on-american-horror.html|title=Alessandra Torresani on American Horror Story tonight, new interviews with James Marsters, Scott Porter & Christopher Heyerdahl|publisher=CapricaTV.net|accessdate=November 3, 2011}}

Pate is the co-creator and executive producer of Outer Banks for Netflix, a teen drama that premiered on April 15, 2020.{{Cite web|title=NC Gov. Cooper: Governor Cooper Announces Appointments to State Boards and Commissions|url=https://governor.nc.gov/news/governor-cooper-announces-appointments-state-boards-and-commissions-0|website=governor.nc.gov|access-date=2020-05-12}}

Personal life

Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer,{{cite web|url=http://jenandbarbmomlife.com/cast/|title=Jen's story|publisher=JenAndBarbMomLife.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011}} and two young adult children, Lilah and Cooper,{{cite web|url=http://thenewperfect.com/parenting/meet-the-new-perfect-parents-kim-jennifer-rachel/|title=JENNIFER PATE, webseries co-host and co-executive producer, former casting director|publisher=TheNewPerfect.com|accessdate=October 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822090001/http://thenewperfect.com/parenting/meet-the-new-perfect-parents-kim-jennifer-rachel/|archive-date=August 22, 2011|url-status=dead}} in Wilmington, North Carolina.

In 2020, he was appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television, and Digital Streaming.

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

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! Year

! Title

! width=65 | Director

! width=65 | Writer

1996

| The Grave

| {{yes}}

1997

| Deceiver

| {{yes}}

2007

| The Take

| {{yes}}

2009

| Shrink

| {{yes}}

2013

| Way Down South

| {{yes}}

Television

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Title

! width=65 | Director

! width=65 | Writer

! Producer

! width=65 | Creator

! Notes

1999-2000

| Good vs Evil

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{yes}}

| Wrote 2 episodes, directed 5 episodes

2003-2004

| L.A. Dragnet

| {{yes}}

| {{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}}

| Directed episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers"

2007-2010

| Friday Night Lights

| {{yes}}

| 3 episodes

rowspan="2"|2008

| Chuck

| {{yes}}

| Episode "Chuck Versus the Sensei"

Jen and Barb: Mom Life

| {{yes|Executive}}

2009

| The Philanthropist

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| Directed 2 episodes

rowspan="2"|2010

| Caprica

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| Directed 3 episodes

Undercovers

| {{yes}}

| Episode "Funny Money"

2010-2011

| The Event

| {{yes}}

| 2 episodes

rowspan="2"|2011

| Prime Suspect

| {{yes}}

| 2 episodes

The Single Life

| {{yes|Executive}}

2012

| Battlestar Galactica:
Blood & Chrome

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

2013

| Deception

| {{yes}}

| Directed 5 episodes

2014

| Believe

| {{yes}}

| Directed episode "White Noise"

2015

| Blood & Oil

| {{yes}}

| Directed 2 episodes

2015-2016

| Aquarius

| {{yes}}

| Directed 7 episodes

2016

| Good Behavior

| {{yes}}

| Episode "We Pretend We're Stuck"

rowspan="2"|2017

| The Arrangement

| {{yes}}

| 3 episodes

Chance

| {{yes}}

| 3 episodes

rowspan="2"| 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

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! Year

! Title

! Notes

2006

| Best of Chris Isaak

| "Please"

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Title ! Category ! Title ! Result
1996 \| Mystfest \| Best Film \| The Grave \| {{nom}}
1997 \| Stockholm International Film Festival \| Best Screenplay \|rowspan=2\| Deceiver (shared with Josh Pate) \| {{won}}
1998 \| Festival du Film Policier de Cognac \| Special Jury Prize \| {{won}}

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Year

! Title

! Category

! Title

! Result

1996

| Mystfest

| Best Film

| The Grave

| {{nom}}

1997