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Rod Lurie
Actor · Director · Writer· Israel
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
31 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lucky Strike | Director | Film |
| 2026 | Lucky Strike | Writer | Film |
| 2026 | Lucky Strike | Producer | Film |
| 2025 | The Senior | Director | Film |
| 2020 | The Outpost | Director | Film |
| 2017 | Black Butterfly | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | Director | Film |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Logger | Film |
| 2011 | Straw Dogs | Director | Film |
| 2008 | Nothing but the Truth | Larry | Film |
| 2008 | Nothing but the Truth | Director | Film |
| 2008 | Nothing but the Truth | Producer | Film |
| 2008 | What Doesn't Kill You | Producer | Film |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Toby Eagleburger | Film |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Director | Film |
| 2007 | I'm Paige Wilson | Director | Film |
| 2007 | I'm Paige Wilson | Writer | Film |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the Champ | Producer | Film |
| 2005 | Commander in Chief | Executive Producer | TV |
| 2003 | Line of Fire | Executive Producer | TV |
| 2002 | Scenes of the Crime | Producer | Film |
| 2001 | The Last Castle | Director | Film |
| 2001 | The Search for John Gissing | Executive Producer | Film |
| 2000 | The Contender | Director | Film |
| 2000 | Deterrence | Director | Film |
| 2000 | The Contender | Writer | Film |
| 2000 | Deterrence | Writer | Film |
| The Horseman | Director | Film | |
| Monsters of God | Director | Film | |
| The Horseman | Writer | Film | |
| Monsters of God | Writer | Film |
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