Rod Blackhurst was born on November 27, 1980 in Herkimer, New York, USA as Laurence Rhoderic Blackhurst IV. He is a director, writer, and producer, known for the Netflix Original Documentary Amanda Knox (TIFF 2016, DocNYC 2016) and the Tribeca Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature, Here Alone (2016). Blackhurst's dramatic short films Night Swim (2014), Life (2014) and Alone Time (2013) were Vimeo Staff Picks. Blackhurst got his start directing the Dave Franco and Chris Mintz-Plasse comedy shorts Go F*ck Yourself, You're So Hot Part Deux, and Would You (SXSW 2012) for Funny or Die.