Director
Rod Lurie
Born 1962 · 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".
Directed
The Last Castle
Director · 2001
The Outpost
Director · 2020
Hell on Wheels
Director · 2011
Nothing But the Truth
Director · 2008
Straw Dogs
Director · 2011
The Contender
Director · 2000
Resurrecting the Champ
Director · 2007
American Odyssey
Director · 2015
Commander in Chief
Director · 2005
The Senior
Director · 2025
Killing Reagan
Director · 2016
Deterrence
Director · 2000
Line of Fire
Director · 2003
Monsters of God
Director
I'm Paige Wilson
Director · 2007
Lucky Strike
Director · 2026
The Angel of death
Director · 2003
West Pointer
Director
