Rod Lurie
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1962
- Place of birth
- Israel
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".
Movies with Rod Lurie
- Straw Dogs 2011 · ★ 5.9
- Nothing But the Truth 2008 · ★ 6.9
- Resurrecting the Champ 2007 · ★ 6.3
- Heckler 2007 · ★ 5.9
- Junket Whore 1998 · ★ 5.5
- A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington 2012 · ★ 7.0
Movies directed by Rod Lurie
- The Last Castle 2001 · ★ 7.2
- The Outpost 2020 · ★ 6.9
- Straw Dogs 2011 · ★ 5.9
- Nothing But the Truth 2008 · ★ 6.9
- Resurrecting the Champ 2007 · ★ 6.3
- The Contender 2000 · ★ 6.7
- Lucky Strike 2026 · ★ 6.5
- Deterrence 2000 · ★ 6.2
- The Senior 2025 · ★ 6.7
- Killing Reagan 2016 · ★ 6.5
- I'm Paige Wilson 2007 · ★ 2.0
- The Angel of death 2003