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Rod Lurie

Rod Lurie wrote and directed the widely praised Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominated political thriller "The Contender," starring Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Gary Oldman and Christian Slater and more recently "Nothing But the Truth," starring Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga and Alan Alda. 

Before he segued to filmmaking, Lurie was a film critic and entertainment reporter.  He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1984 and served for four years as a Combat Arms officer in the U.S. Army.

 Lurie broke into journalism as an entertainment reporter for the New York Daily News, and was also a film critic for Channel 12 in Fairfield, Connecticut.  In addition, he was a frequent contributor to such magazines as Premiere, Movieline and Entertainment Weekly.

In Los Angeles, Lurie worked as a film critic, investigative reporter and contributing editor to Los Angeles Magazine from 1990-1995.  He spent the next four years as the film critic for 790 AM KABC Radio in Los Angeles.

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