---
name: "Josh Pate"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/josh-pate"
fi1m_id: "josh-pate"
imdb_id: "nm0665322"
tmdb_id: 74429
wikidata_id: "Q6289243"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "15 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T10:43:01.398124+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."
---

# Josh Pate

## Identity

Josh Pate

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/josh-pate
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** josh-pate
- **IMDb ID:** nm0665322
- **TMDB ID:** 74429
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6289243
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289243, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74429

Producer and director. Born 15 January 1970 in Raeford, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 15 January 1970, Raeford, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonas Pate](https://film.one/person/jonas-pate.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Pate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289243, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74429

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Friday Night Lights*](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*Outer Banks*](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Josh Pate is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Born on 15 January 1970 in Raeford, North Carolina, he is the twin brother of filmmaker Jonas Pate. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992.

Pate began his career writing and directing films with his brother, including *The Grave* (1996) and *Deceiver* (1997). He has co-created the television series *Good vs Evil* (1999), *Surface* (2005) and *Outer Banks* (2020). In 2006 he directed an episode of *Friday Night Lights*. His other writing credits include episodes of *Moonlight* (2007), *Falling Skies* (2011), *Legends* (2014) and *Blood & Oil* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Friday Night Lights* (2006), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/friday-night-lights.md)

### Wrote (1)

- *Outer Banks* (2020), Fi1m 72, Writer, Story, Creator, Executive Producer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *The Runarounds* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Outer Banks* (2020), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Story, Teleplay, Creator — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/outer-banks.md)
- *Blood & Oil* (2015), series, Writer, Creator
- *Legends* (2014), series, Teleplay, Story, Writer
- *Mirror Mirror* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Falling Skies* (2011), series, Writer
- *The Take* (2008), Writer
- *Moonlight* (2007), series, Writer
- *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
- *Hawaii* (2004), series, Director
- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Fastlane* (2002), series, Director
- *G vs E* (1999), series, Creator
- *Deceiver* (1997), Screenplay, Director
- *The Grave* (1996), Screenplay, Story

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