Josh Pate | |
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Born |
Joshua Warren Pate January 15, 1970 Raeford, North Carolina, United States |
Occupation | Screenwriter, director, producer |
Years active | 1996–present |
Joshua Warren "Josh" Pate (born January 15, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote The Grave, Deceiver, and The Take. Pate also co-created Good vs Evil and Surface.
Josh Pate was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is the twin brother of fellow filmmaker Jonas Pate. Pate's parents divorced when he was young, and the siblings were raised together. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1992.
In 1996, Pate began his screenwriting career, working alongside his brother Jonas on the thriller called The Grave. The film received a wide range of positive reviews after a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. They collaborated on the movie Deceiver the following year. "The Pate brothers" subsequently created the fantasy action television show Good vs Evil (1999). He later moved on to direct two episodes of Fastlane (2002-2003). From 2003 to 2004, Pate served as co-executive producer on L.A. Dragnet, for which he also wrote two episodes.