Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
May 15, 1962 (63 years old)
Israel
Also Known As
- Rob Lurie
- רוד לוריא
Rod Lurie
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".
Known For
Acting
Directing
The Senior
Director
2025
The Outpost
Director
2020
Black Butterfly
Executive Producer
2017
Killing Reagan
Director
2016
American Odyssey
Director
2015
Hell on Wheels
Director
2011
Straw Dogs
Director, Screenplay
2011
Nothing But the Truth
Screenplay, Director, Producer
2008
What Doesn't Kill You
Producer
2008
Resurrecting the Champ
Director, Producer
2007
Commander in Chief
Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
2005
Scenes of the Crime
Producer
2002