Rod Lurie

Directing

Rod Lurie

Born

1962-05-15 (64)

Place of birth

Israel

Known for

Directing

Credits

36 titles

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

Lucky Strike poster
6.6

A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.

Lucky Strike

2026

The Last Castle poster
7.2

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

The Last Castle

2001

The Outpost poster
6.9

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

The Outpost

2020

Straw Dogs poster
5.9

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

Straw Dogs

2011

The Contender poster
6.7

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

The Contender

2000

Resurrecting the Champ poster
6.3

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

Film credits

2000s · 3 titles

Behind the camera

Lucky Strike poster
6.6

A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.

Lucky Strike

2026

Lucky Strike poster
6.6

A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.

Lucky Strike

2026

Lucky Strike poster
6.6

A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.

Lucky Strike

2026

The Last Castle poster
7.2

A court-martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

The Last Castle

2001

The Outpost poster
6.9

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

The Outpost

2020

Straw Dogs poster
5.9

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

Straw Dogs

2011

Straw Dogs poster
5.9

A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.

Straw Dogs

2011

The Contender poster
6.7

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

The Contender

2000

The Contender poster
6.7

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

The Contender

2000

Resurrecting the Champ poster
6.3

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

Resurrecting the Champ poster
6.3

Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.

Resurrecting the Champ

2007

What Doesn't Kill You poster
6.0

Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.

What Doesn't Kill You

2008

Nothing But the Truth poster
6.9

When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nothing But the Truth

2008

Nothing But the Truth poster
6.9

When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nothing But the Truth

2008

Nothing But the Truth poster
6.9

When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert Burnside argues her case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Nothing But the Truth

2008

The Senior poster
6.7

At 59, Mike Flynt may be too old to be on a college football field, but not too old to feel the weight of unfinished business. After nearly four decades, he returns to his alma mater to take the hit that changed everything. Bruised, doubted, and nearly broken, he pushes for one more game, not for glory, but for the teammates he lost, the family he fractured, and the ending he still believes is possible.

The Senior

2025

Deterrence poster
6.1

The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.

Deterrence

2000

Deterrence poster
6.1

The President of the United States must deal with an international military crisis while confined to a Colorado diner during a freak snowstorm.

Deterrence

2000

No artwork available
NR

In the late-1800s West, where America’s burgeoning demand for illumination sparked a transformative oil rush, a grieving father and husband devastated by the loss of his family who takes in a young colt, raising him as his sole companion. Over time, the two develop an extraordinary and profound bond. When separated against their will, The Man must go to desperate measures to reunite with the only family he has left.

The Horseman

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No artwork available
NR

In the late-1800s West, where America’s burgeoning demand for illumination sparked a transformative oil rush, a grieving father and husband devastated by the loss of his family who takes in a young colt, raising him as his sole companion. Over time, the two develop an extraordinary and profound bond. When separated against their will, The Man must go to desperate measures to reunite with the only family he has left.

The Horseman

—

Scenes of the Crime poster
5.5

A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.

Scenes of the Crime

2002

Killing Reagan poster
6.5

Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling book, the film begins in the final months leading up to the 1980 presidential election, and explores the challenges Reagan faced to define himself as a leader. Meanwhile, an aimless and deranged Hinckley is unraveling, leading to the fateful day in March 1981 when these disparate figures collided.

Killing Reagan

2016

No artwork available
2.0

Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D.C. This is an unaired television pilot for a potential series that would have been in The CW's 2007-2008 season of programming if it was picked up.

I'm Paige Wilson

2007

No artwork available
2.0

Events in the life of Paige Wilson, a pretty, bright 27-year-old congressional aide in Washington, D.C. This is an unaired television pilot for a potential series that would have been in The CW's 2007-2008 season of programming if it was picked up.

I'm Paige Wilson

2007

No artwork available
NR

A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also the best in class.

West Pointer

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No artwork available
NR

A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also the best in class.

West Pointer

—

No artwork available
NR

A cocky plebe who graduated top of his class in high school must now learn to navigate and compete at a storied place where every student was also the best in class.

West Pointer

—

Monsters of God poster
5.0

Set in Texas in 1867, during the Comanche Wars, the project follows two powerful ex-cavalry men, a war-hungry Colonel, and his seemingly by-the-book executive officer.

Monsters of God

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Monsters of God poster
5.0

Set in Texas in 1867, during the Comanche Wars, the project follows two powerful ex-cavalry men, a war-hungry Colonel, and his seemingly by-the-book executive officer.

Monsters of God

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No artwork available
NR

Based on the true story of Efren Saldivar, a California healthcare worker charged with the killing of dozens of elderly patients by injecting them with drugs that stopped their breathing.

The Angel of death

2003