As Director
The Senior
2025
9.5
Rod Lurie
Acting
Birth Date
May 15, 1962
Place of Birth
Israel
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".
Complete Filmography
As Director
The Outpost
2020
6.9
As Actor
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
2012
7.0
As Director, As Writer
Straw Dogs
2011
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Nothing But the Truth
2008
7.0
As Director
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
6.3
As Director
The Last Castle
2001
7.2
As Director, As Writer
The Contender
2000
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Deterrence
2000
6.1