Rod Lurie
Directing
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".
Behind the camera
2026Lucky Strike
Director & Writer
2025The Senior
Director
2020The Outpost
Director
2016Killing Reagan
Director
2011Straw Dogs
Director & Screenplay
2008Nothing But the Truth
Director & Screenplay
2007Resurrecting the Champ
Director
2001The Last Castle
Director
2000The Contender
Director & Writer
2000Deterrence
Director & Writer
Monsters of God
Director & Writer