Jonas James Pate (born January 15, 1970) is an American
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
,
director
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* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
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and
producer. He wrote and directed ''
The Grave The Grave may refer to:
* ''The Grave'' (TV series), an Israeli science fiction TV show.
* "The Grave" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone''
* ''The Grave'' (1996 film), a thriller film
* ''The Grave'' (2020 film), a film ...
'', ''
Deceiver'', ''
The Take'', and directed ''
Shrink''. Pate also co-created ''
Good vs Evil,'' ''
Surface
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'' and
''Outer Banks''
Early life
Jonas Pate was born in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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, and is the
twin brother
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of fellow
filmmaker
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Josh Pate
Joshua Warren Pate (born January 15, 1970) 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''.
Early life
Jos ...
.
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.
He studied
philosophy
Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...
at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
, and graduated in 1992.
Career
In 1996, Pate started his career by writing and directing the
thriller film called ''
The Grave The Grave may refer to:
* ''The Grave'' (TV series), an Israeli science fiction TV show.
* "The Grave" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone''
* ''The Grave'' (1996 film), a thriller film
* ''The Grave'' (2020 film), a film ...
'' with his brother
Josh
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.
After a screening at the
Sundance Film Festival
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, it received a wide range of positive reviews.
The following year, they collaborated on the movie ''
Deceiver''.
He subsequently co-created the
fantasy
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action
Action may refer to:
* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
television show ''
Good vs Evil'' (1999) alongside his brother.
From 2003 to 2004, he served as co-executive producer on ''
L.A. Dragnet
''Dragnet'' is an American radio, television and film series, following the exploits of dedicated Los Angeles Police Department Detective Joe Friday and his partners, created by actor and producer Jack Webb. The show took its name from the poli ...
'',
for which he also wrote an episode. In 2005, he co-created the
science fiction
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series ''
Surface
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'', which aired until 2006.
As his filmography was already fleshing out, he took on several directing jobs on
television series
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like ''
Battlestar Galactica
''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...
'' (2005),
''
Bionic Woman'' (2007),
''
Friday Night Lights'' (2007-2010),
''
Chuck
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Arts and entertainment
* Chuck Alaimo, American saxophonist, leader of the Chuck Alaimo Quartet
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'' (2008),
''
The Philanthropist'' (2009),
''
Caprica
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'' (2010),
''
Undercovers'' (2010),
''
The Event
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'' (2010-2011),
and ''
Prime Suspect
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'' (2011).
He continued his
film career by writing the
screenplay
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Background
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for ''
The Take'' (2007).
In 2009, he directed the
independent film
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''
Shrink''.
Pate is the director and
executive producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights o ...
on the ''
Battlestar Galactica
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'' prequel entitled ''
Blood & Chrome''.
He has also signed on to direct the independent
crime
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drama
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film ''Way Down South'', written by himself and his brother.
Pate is the creator and executive producer of ''Outer Banks'' for
Netflix
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, a drama that premiered on April 15, 2020.
Personal life
Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer,
and two children
in
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.
With a population of 115,451 at the 2020 census, it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the ...
.
In 2020, he was appointed by Governor
Roy Cooper
Roy Asberry Cooper III (born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician, serving as the 75th governor of North Carolina since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th attorney general of North Carolina from 20 ...
to the Governor’s Advisory Council on Film, Television, and Digital Streaming.
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1970 births
Living people
20th-century American screenwriters
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American male writers
American television directors
American male screenwriters
Princeton University alumni
People from Raeford, North Carolina
Film directors from North Carolina
Showrunners