Director
Rod Lurie
64 years · Israel · 16 films
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".
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Filmography 15
Lucky Strike
2026 · Director, Writer
On Hulu
The Senior
2025 · Director
On Angel Studios
The Outpost
2020 · Director
On VIX
Killing Reagan
2016 · Director
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012 · Self - Host
Straw Dogs
2011 · Logger, Director
On VIX
Nothing But the Truth
2008 · Larry, Director
On Plex
What Doesn't Kill You
2008 · Producer
On Plex
Heckler
2007 · Self
On Tubi TV
Resurrecting the Champ
2007 · Toby Eagleburger, Director
On Plex
Scenes of the Crime
2002 · Producer
On Tubi TV
The Last Castle
2001 · Director
On Hoopla
The Contender
2000 · Director, Writer
On Plex
Deterrence
2000 · Director, Writer
Junket Whore
1998 · Self