Years active 1996–present Name Jonas Pate Children Cooper Pate, Lilah Pate | Spouse Jennifer Pate (m. 2001) | |
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Full Name Jonas James Pate Movies and TV shows Similar People Josh Pate, Ben Cotton, Lili Bordan, Jill Teed, Michael Taylor | ||
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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 also directed Shrink. Pate also co-created Good vs Evil and Surface.
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- Warner channel believe entrevista jonas pate
- Jonas Pates Shrink Exclusive Clip
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Jonas Pate's Shrink (Exclusive Clip)
Early life
Jonas Pate was born in Winston-Salem NC, , 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, Ga, and through high school with their father and step-mother in Raeford, NC. separately as a result. He studied philosophy at Princeton University, and graduated in 1993.
Career
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.
Personal life
Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer Pate and two children, Cooper and Lilah, in Los Angeles, California.