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Rod Lurie

Rod Lurie

DirectorProducerActorWriter May 15 (age 63) Israel 1998–2025 (27 year career)
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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 (Com…

Known For

The Last Castle
Film

The Last Castle

Director
The Outpost
Film

The Outpost

Director
Hell on Wheels
Film

Hell on Wheels

Director
Nothing But the Truth
Film

Nothing But the Truth

Larry
Black Butterfly
Film

Black Butterfly

Executive Producer
Straw Dogs
Film

Straw Dogs

Logger
The Contender
Film

The Contender

Director
Resurrecting the Champ
Film

Resurrecting the Champ

Toby Eagleburger

Filmography