Jonas Pate

• Name — Jonas Pate • Born — 15 January 1970 • Birth Name — Jonas James Pate • Birthplace — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. • Children — 2 • Relatives — Josh Pate (twin brother) • Years Active — 1996–present • Occupation — Screenwriter, director, producer

Jonas Pate was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Josh Pate. 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 at Princeton University, and graduated in 1992.

In 1996, Pate started his career by writing and directing the thriller film called The Grave with his brother Josh. After a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, it received a wide range of positive reviews. The following year, they collaborated on the movie Deceiver. He subsequently co-created the fantasy action television show Good vs Evil (1999) alongside his brother. From 2003 to 2004, he served as co-executive producer on L.A. Dragnet, for which he also wrote an episode. In 2005, he co-created the science fiction series Surface, which aired until 2006. As his filmography was already fleshing out, he took on several directing jobs on television series like Battlestar Galactica (2005), Bionic Woman (2007), Friday Night Lights (2007–2010), Chuck (2008), The Philanthropist (2009), Caprica (2010), Undercovers (2010), The Event (2010–2011), and Prime Suspect (2011). He continued his film career by writing the screenplay for The Take (2007). In 2009, he directed the independent film Shrink. Pate is the director and executive producer on the Battlestar Galactica prequel entitled Blood & Chrome. He has also signed on to direct the independent crime drama film Way Down South, written by himself and his brother. Pate is the co-creator and executive producer of Outer Banks for Netflix, a teen drama that premiered on April 15, 2020.

Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer, and two young adult children, Lilah and Cooper, 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.

Film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer • 1996 — The Grave • 1997 — Deceiver • 2007 — The Take • 2009 — Shrink • 2013 — Way Down South • 2025 — Driver's Ed Television • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Executive producer — Creator — Notes • 1999–2000 — Good vs Evil — Wrote 3 episodes, directed 5 episodes • 2003–2004 — L.A. Dragnet — Co-executive — Wrote episode "Abduction" • 2005 — Battlestar Galactica — Directed episode "Colonial Day" • 2005–2006 — Surface — Wrote 4 episodes, directed episode: "There's Something Strange Going on in the World's Oceans" • 2007 — Bionic Woman — Co-executive — Directed episode "The Education of Jaime Sommers" • 2007–2010 — Friday Night Lights — Directed 3 episodes • 2008 — Chuck — Directed episode "Chuck Versus the Sensei" • Jen and Barb: Mom Life • 2009 — The Philanthropist — Co-executive — Directed 2 episodes • 2010 — Caprica — Co-executive — Directed 3 episodes • Undercovers — Directed episode "Funny Money" • 2010–2011 — The Event — Directed 2 episodes • 2011 — Prime Suspect — Co-executive — Directed 2 episodes • 2012 — Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome • 2013 — Deception — Co-executive — Directed 5 episodes • 2014 — Believe — Directed episode "White Noise", wrote 4 episodes • 2015 — Blood & Oil — Directed 2 episodes • 2015–2016 — Aquarius — Directed 7 episodes • 2016 — Good Behavior — Directed episode "We Pretend We're Stuck" • 2017 — The Arrangement — Directed 3 episodes • Chance — Directed 3 episodes • 2018 — Iron Fist — Directed episode "A Duel of Iron" • New Amsterdam — Directed episode "Every Last Minute" • 2020–2026 — Outer Banks — Wrote 3 episodes, directed 30 episodes • 2025 — The Runarounds — Wrote 6 episodes, directed 6 episodes Music video • Year — Title — Notes • 2006 — Best of Chris Isaak — "Please"