Rod Lurie

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

6

Gender

Male

Birthday

1962-05-15 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Israel

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

  • Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

  • Heckler

    Heckler

  • A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

    A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington

  • Resurrecting the Champ

    Resurrecting the Champ

  • Straw Dogs

    Straw Dogs

  • Junket Whore

    Junket Whore