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".
Filmography
Lucky Strike2026 · Director, Writer, Producer
The Senior2025 · Director
The Outpost2020 · Director
Black Butterfly2017 · Executive Producer
Killing Reagan2016 · Director
Straw Dogs2011 · Director, Screenplay
Nothing but the Truth2008 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
What Doesn't Kill You2008 · Producer
Resurrecting the Champ2007 · Director, Producer
I'm Paige Wilson2007 · Director, Writer
The Angel of death2003 · Director
Scenes of the Crime2002 · Producer
The Search for John Gissing2001 · Executive Producer
The Last Castle2001 · Director
The Contender2000 · Director, Writer
Deterrence2000 · Director, Writer