---
name: "Jonas Pate"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonas-pate"
fi1m_id: "jonas-pate"
imdb_id: "nm0665321"
tmdb_id: 77086
wikidata_id: "Q6272209"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "15 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-23T10:43:01.393002+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jonas Pate

## Identity

Jonas Pate

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonas-pate
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonas-pate
- **IMDb ID:** nm0665321
- **TMDB ID:** 77086
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6272209
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Pate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6272209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77086

Director and writer. Born 15 January 1970 in Raeford, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 15 January 1970, Raeford, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Йонас Пэйт, Джонас Пейт, Джонас Пэйт, Йонас Пейт
- **Frequently works with:** [Allan Kroeker](https://film.one/person/allan-kroeker.md), [Allison Liddi-Brown](https://film.one/person/allison-liddi-brown.md), [Anne Cofell Saunders](https://film.one/person/anne-cofell-saunders.md), [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Josh Pate](https://film.one/person/josh-pate.md), [Patrick Norris](https://film.one/person/patrick-r-norris.md), [Seamus Kevin Fahey](https://film.one/person/seamus-kevin-fahey.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (3), 2010s 49 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Sport 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Pate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6272209, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77086

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86), [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Outer Banks*](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md) (72)
- **Tubi:** [*Believe*](https://film.one/tv/believe.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jonas Pate is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Born on 15 January 1970 in North Carolina, he is the twin brother of filmmaker Josh Pate and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in philosophy.

With his brother, Pate wrote and directed the films *The Grave* (1996) and *Deceiver* (1997). He co-created the series *Good vs Evil* (1999) and *Surface* (2005). Pate has directed episodes of *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), *Friday Night Lights* (2006), *Chuck* (2007), *Caprica* (2010) and *The Event* (2010). He co-created the Netflix series *Outer Banks* (2020) and directed the television film *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, galactica.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Outer Banks* (2020), Fi1m 72, Writer, Story, Director, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *Believe* (2014), Fi1m 49, Executive Producer, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/believe.md)
- *Chuck* (2007), Fi1m 73, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Driver's Ed* (2025), Producer
- *The Runarounds* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Outer Banks* (2020), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Story, Creator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *New Amsterdam* (2018), series, Director
- *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), series, Director
- *Good Behavior* (2016), series, Director
- *Blood & Oil* (2015), series, Director
- *Aquarius* (2015), series, Director
- *Believe* (2014), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/tv/believe.md)
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), Director
- *Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome* (2012), series, Director
- *Prime Suspect* (2011), series, Director
- *Undercovers* (2010), series, Director
- *The Event* (2010), series, Director
- *Caprica* (2010), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Shrink* (2009), Director
- *The Philanthropist* (2009), series, Director
- *The Take* (2008), Writer
- *Bionic Woman* (2007), series, Director
- *Chuck* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/chuck.md)
- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), series, Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)
- *Best of Chris Isaak* (2006), Director
- *Surface* (2005), series, Director, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Battlestar Galactica* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/battlestar-galactica.md)
- *Hawaii* (2004), series, Director
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *G vs E* (1999), series, Creator
- *Deceiver* (1997), Director, Screenplay
- *The Grave* (1996), Director, Screenplay, Story

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