Rod Lurie
b. 1962 · Israel
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 15 May 1962
Directed 12
Lucky Strike
2026
Director
The Senior
2025
Director
The Outpost
2020
Director
American Odyssey
2015
Director
Hell on Wheels
2011
Director
Straw Dogs
2011
Director
Nothing But the Truth
2008
Director
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Director
Line of Fire
2003
Director
The Last Castle
2001
Director
Deterrence
2000
Director
The Contender
2000
Director
