Rod Lurie
Known for
Directing
Born
May 15, 1962 (age 64)
Birthplace
Israel
Biography
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic. Lurie's first foray into filmmaking, as writer and director, was the low-budget political thriller Deterrence (1999), with Kevin Pollak as the first Jewish President of the United States.
The characters (in his films) of President Jackson Evans (The Contender), prison inmate Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin (The Last Castle), FBI agent Paige Van Doren (Line of Fire), and vice presidential nominee Gen. (ret.) Warren Keaton (Commander in Chief) are all fictional graduates of the "Long Gray Line".
Best known work
The Last Castle
2001
The Outpost
2020
Straw Dogs
2011
Black Butterfly
2017
Nothing But the Truth
2008
Hell on Wheels
2011
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
The Contender
2000
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
American Odyssey
2015Filmography
TBA
West PointerWriter, Director, Producer
TBA
Monsters of GodDirector, Writer
TBA
The HorsemanDirector, Writer
2026
Lucky StrikeDirector, Writer, Producer
2025
The SeniorDirector
2020
The OutpostDirector
2017
Black ButterflyExecutive Producer
2016
Killing ReaganDirector
2015
2012
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washingtonas Self - Host
2011
2011
Straw Dogsas Logger, Director, Screenplay
2008
Nothing But the Truthas Larry, Director, Producer, Writer
2008
What Doesn't Kill YouProducer
2007
Heckleras Self
2007
Resurrecting the Champas Toby Eagleburger, Director, Producer
2007
I'm Paige WilsonDirector, Writer
2005
2003
2003
The Angel of deathDirector
2002
Scenes of the CrimeProducer
2001
The Search for John GissingExecutive Producer
2001
The Last CastleDirector
2000
The ContenderDirector, Writer
2000
DeterrenceDirector, Writer