- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1962
- Place of Birth
- Israel
Rod Lurie
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".
Filmography
movieLucky Strike
2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Senior
2025 · Director
movieThe Outpost
2020 · Director
movieBlack Butterfly
2017 · Executive Producer
movieKilling Reagan
2016 · Director
tvAmerican Odyssey
2015 · Director
movieA Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012 · Self - Host
tvHell on Wheels
2011 · Director
movieStraw Dogs
2011 · Logger, Director, Screenplay
movieNothing but the Truth
2008 · Larry, Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieWhat Doesn't Kill You
2008 · Producer
movieHeckler
2007 · Self
movieResurrecting the Champ
2007 · Toby Eagleburger, Director, Producer
I'm Paige Wilson
2007 · Director, Writer
tvCommander in Chief
2005 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
tvLine of Fire
2003 · Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
The Angel of death
2003 · Director
movieScenes of the Crime
2002 · Producer
movieThe Search for John Gissing
2001 · Executive Producer
movieThe Last Castle
2001 · Director
movieThe Contender
2000 · Director, Writer
movieDeterrence
2000 · Director, Writer
movieJunket Whore
1998 · Self
West Pointer
— · Writer, Director, Producer
movieMonsters of God
— · Director, Writer
The Horseman
— · Director, Writer