Jonas Pate Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Mystfest Award for Best Film for "The Grave" in 1996
• Won a Stockholm Film Festival Award and a Cognac Festival du Film Policier Award for "Deceiver" in 1997 and 1998
• Graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Philosophy in 1993
• His twin brother is writer, producer, and director Josh Pate, with whom he worked on "Good vs Evil," "Surface," and "Deceiver․"
• Earned his first writing and directing credit on the 1996 film "The Grave․"
• Started out as an intern for New York filmmakers James Merchant and Ismael Ivory and later worked in the postproduction offices of Miramax
• Best known as the writer and director of "Deceiver" and the creator and executive producer of "Surface․"
• Directed assorted episodes of the TV series "Friday Night Lights," "The Event," and "Battlestar Galactica․"