Rod Lurie Filmography

Born:: May 15, 1962 in Israel
Occupation:: Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Show Creator, Screenwriter
Biography:: Joining the ranks of movie critics-turned-directors, Rod Lurie earned his Hollywood stripes by guiding Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges to Oscar nominations in only his second feature, The Contender (2000). Lurie seemed to be destined for an entirely different profession when he opted to attend college...Read More

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Nothing But the Truth

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Edie Falco, Alan Alda

Synopsis: Rod Lurie (The Contender) writes and directs this ripped-from-the-headlines tale of a jailed journalist (Kate Beckinsale) who refuses to divulge her source in the case of an outed CIA agent. David Schwimmer plays her husband, with Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Edie Falco, and Alan Alda set to Read More

12/19/08
Resurrecting the Champ

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Kathryn Morris, Alan Alda, Teri Hatcher

Synopsis: Director and co-screenwriter (along with Chris Gerolmo, Allison Burnett, and Michael Bortman) Rod Lurie tells the uplifting tale of a sports writer who almost lost it all before stumbling into the story of a lifetime in this uplifting sports-themed drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Read More

8/24/07
Heckler

Actors: Jamie Kennedy, Louie Anderson, David "Elsewhere" Bernal, Andrew Dice Clay, David Cross

Synopsis: Nearly anyone who performs in public on a regular basis is familiar with the notion of the audience member who makes their opinions loudly and clearly known during the show, and like most comedians Jamie Kennedy has dealt with his fair share of hecklers over the course of his career. However, when Read More

2007
Commander in Chief [TV Series]

Crew: Director, Executive Producer, Screenwriter, Show Creator

Actors: Geena Davis, Donald Sutherland

Synopsis: Rumor has it that this weekly, hour-long ABC series about America's first woman president was conceived in anticipation of Hillary Rodham Clinton's likely 2008 presidential bid. Whatever the case, Geena Davis starred as Mackenzie Allen, the politically unaffiliated vice president of popular Read More

2005
The Last Castle

Crew: Director

Actors: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Delroy Lindo, Clifton Collins, Jr.

Synopsis: Robert Redford stars in this action drama as General Irwin, a respected three-star tactician whose career ends in disgrace when he's court-martialed and sent to The Castle, a maximum security military prison. Irwin quickly butts heads with the facility's autocratic warden, Colonel Winter (James Gandolfini Read More

10/19/01
Scenes of the Crime

Crew: Producer

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Jon Abrahams, Noah Wyle, Morris Chestnut, Mädchen Amick

Synopsis: A small-time crook who worships Steve McQueen gets in over his head in French music video director Dominique Forma's debut feature, Scenes of the Crime. Lenny (Jon Abrahams of Scary Movie) is about to be married, but he skips his own bachelor party to drive for thug Rick (Peter Greene), who Read More

2001
The Search For John Gissing

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Mike Binder, Janeane Garofalo, Alan Rickman, Sonya Walger, Juliet Stevenson

Synopsis: Alan Rickman and Janeane Garofalo headline writer/director Mike Binder's comedy about an American businessman who is summoned to London under the auspice of overseeing an impending business merger, only to discover that he is actually being groomed to replace his British counterpart - who Read More

2001
The Contender

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Sam Elliott, Christian Slater

Synopsis: The hard-ball gamesmanship and casual character assassination of American politics sets the stage for this thriller from writer and director Rod Lurie. When the Vice President of the United States unexpectedly dies, all eyes in Washington D.C. are on President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) as he Read More

10/13/00
Deterrence

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Kevin Pollak, Timothy Hutton, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Sean Astin, Clotilde Courau

Synopsis: The world finds itself on the brink of nuclear disaster, with the balance point a small diner in Colorado, in the suspenseful political thriller Deterrence. In the year 2008, U.S. President Walter Emerson (Kevin Pollak), who recently took office after the death of the former chief executive, is Read More

3/10/00