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".
Filmography
all 25
Movies 21
Director 12
Producer 9
TV Shows 4
self 4
Director

The Senior (2025)
Movie
Director

The Outpost (2020)
Movie
5.4
Executive Producer

Black Butterfly (2017)
Movie
6.09
Director

Killing Reagan (2016)
Movie
Director

American Odyssey (2015)
TV
6.14
Director

Hell on Wheels (2011)
TV
4.75
Logger / Director / Screenplay

Straw Dogs (2011)
Movie
Screenplay / Director / Producer

Nothing But the Truth (2008)
Movie
5
Toby Eagleburger / Director / Producer

Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Movie
Director / Writer

I'm Paige Wilson (2007)
Movie
Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Commander in Chief (2005)
TV
Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Writer

Line of Fire (2003)
TV
Director

The Angel of death (2003)
Movie
Producer

Scenes of the Crime (2002)
Movie
Executive Producer

The Search for John Gissing (2001)
Movie
Director

The Last Castle (2001)
Movie
Director / Writer

The Contender (2000)
Movie
6
Director / Writer

Deterrence (2000)
Movie
Director

Monsters of God
Movie
Director / Writer / Producer

West Pointer
Movie
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1962-05-15 (63 years old)
Birth PlaceIsrael, Israel
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States
Also Known AsRob Lurie, רוד לוריא
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