Rod Lurie

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".

Directed

1. The Last Castle (2001) — Director
2. The Outpost (2020) — Director
3. Straw Dogs (2011) — Director
4. Nothing but the Truth (2008) — Director
5. Hell on Wheels (2011) — Director
6. Resurrecting the Champ (2007) — Director
7. The Contender (2000) — Director
8. American Odyssey (2015) — Director
9. Commander in Chief (2005) — Director
10. Deterrence (2000) — Director
11. The Senior (2025) — Director
12. Killing Reagan (2016) — Director
13. Lucky Strike (2026) — Director
14. Line of Fire (2003) — Director
15. I'm Paige Wilson (2007) — Director
16. Monsters of God — Director
17. West Pointer — Director
18. The Angel of death (2003) — Director
19. The Horseman — Director

Also appeared in

1. Straw Dogs (2011) — Logger
2. Nothing but the Truth (2008) — Larry
3. Resurrecting the Champ (2007) — Toby Eagleburger
4. Heckler (2007) — Self
5. Junket Whore (1998) — Self
6. A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012) — Self - Host