Rod Blackhurst

Rod Blackhurst

DirectorProducerWriter
Born
November 27, 1980
Awards
9 wins, 18 nominations

Rod Blackhurst is best known as the Emmy and Critics Choice nominated director and producer of the Netflix Original Documentary Amanda Knox and the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award Winning Narrative Film Here Alone. In the fall of 2022 he directed and produced the action thriller Blood For…

Biography

Rod Blackhurst is best known as the Emmy and Critics Choice nominated director and producer of the Netflix Original Documentary Amanda Knox and the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award Winning Narrative Film Here Alone.

In the fall of 2022 he directed and produced the action thriller Blood For Dust starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington, Josh Lucas, Ethan Suplee and Stephen Dorff. Blood For Dust was produced by Witchcraft Motion Picture Company, the film and television studio Blackhurst runs with partner Noah Lang.

In January of 2023 Atomic Monster and Blumhouse announced the feature film adaptation of Blackhurst's 2014 Vimeo Staff Pick Night Swim, with production slated for March 2023. The feature stars Wyatt Russell and 2023 Oscar Nominee Kerry Condon.

As a genre agnostic filmmaker Blackhurst most recently directed and showran the documentary series John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise for Peacock and directed on NatGeo's Welcome To Earth starring Will Smith.

Blackhurst's work as a commercial director for Airbnb, Delta, SeaDoo, Dodge Ram, Tylenol, Uber Freight has been shortlisted for Cannes Lions and won AdWeek Arc and Webby Awards.

Art Director

The Lost Season(2004)

Production Manager

DollyDolly(2025)

Sound Department

Golden DaysGolden Days(2007)

Visual Effects

DollyDolly(2025)
Blood for DustBlood for Dust(2023)

Camera and Electrical Department

The River WhyThe River Why(2010)
ThespiansThespians(2010)
The BlockThe Block(2007)
The Ultimate Coyote Ugly SearchThe Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search(2006)
Golden DaysGolden Days(2007)

Music Department

DollyDolly(2025)
Blood for DustBlood for Dust(2023)

Additional Crew

The River WhyThe River Why(2010)

Self

No Rest for the WeekendNo Rest for the Weekend(2018)as Self
Film ThreatFilm Threat(2006)as Self - Guest
ChelseaChelsea(2016)as Self
Access DailyAccess Daily(2010)as Self
The InsiderThe Insider(2004)as Self

Known for

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