The Case Western Reserve University Entrepreneurship Series will be hosting Jonas Pate, Executive Producer, Writer and Director and Princeton alum for a roundtable discussion. He will discuss his career journey, entrepreneurship, and how the COVID-19 crisis impacts creating and launching his new Netflix series "Outer Banks". This conversation will be facilitated by Case Western Reserve University student Emily Dickens ('20), who is pursuing her MS in engineering and management.
Please join the Zoom Webinar.
Speaker Bio
Jonas Pate was born in Raeford, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Josh Pate. He studied philosophy at Princeton University, and graduated in 1993.
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 creator and executive producer of Outer Banks for Netflix, a drama that is set to premiere on April 15, 2020.
Pate currently lives with his wife, Jennifer Pate and two children 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.
Who can attend?
Open to the public and the campus community.