Rod Lurie
Directing
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".
Born: May 15, 1962 · Israel
Filmography (18)
The Senior
2025
Director
The Outpost
2020
Director
Black Butterfly
2017
Executive Producer
Killing Reagan
2016
Director
TV
American Odyssey
2015
Director
TV
Hell on Wheels
2011
Director
Straw Dogs
2011
Actor: LoggerDirector+1
Nothing But the Truth
2008
Actor: LarryDirector+2
What Doesn't Kill You
2008
Producer
Heckler
2007
Actor
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Actor: Toby EagleburgerDirector+1
TV
Commander in Chief
2005
DirectorExecutive Producer+2
TV
Line of Fire
2003
DirectorExecutive Producer+2
Scenes of the Crime
2002
Producer
The Search for John Gissing
2001
Executive Producer
The Last Castle
2001
Director
The Contender
2000
DirectorWriter
Deterrence
2000
DirectorWriter