Rod Lurie

About

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".

Known for

Lucky StrikeMovie • 2026Hell on WheelsSeries • 2011Commander in ChiefSeries • 2005Black ButterflyMovie • 2017The Last CastleMovie • 2001The OutpostMovie • 2020American OdysseySeries • 2015Straw DogsMovie • 2011Nothing But the TruthMovie • 2008The ContenderMovie • 2000What Doesn't Kill YouMovie • 2008Resurrecting the ChampMovie • 2007DeterrenceMovie • 2000The SeniorMovie • 2025Scenes of the CrimeMovie • 2002Killing ReaganMovie • 2016