Background
Robert Luketic was born in Sydney, Australia, the elder of two children of an Italian mother and Croatian father.
Robert Luketic was born in Sydney, Australia, the elder of two children of an Italian mother and Croatian father.
His films include Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde, 21 and Paranoia. Luketic went on to study at the Victorian College of Arts – School of Film and Television (VCA), one of Australia"s most prestigious film schools. He first attracted Hollywood"s attention with his award-winning short film Titsiana Booberini.
After screening to much acclaim at several festivals within Australia, Titsiana Booberini became a hit at many internationally renowned festivals including the Sundance Film Festival.
Luketic directed the comedy Legally Blonde for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the summer of 2001. This film, which grossed close to $100 million domestically and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, marked Luketic"s feature film directing debut.
The 2003 film, produced by Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher at Red Wagon, stars Kate Bosworth, Nathan Lane, Josh Duhamel and Topher Grace. In 2005, he directed Monster-in-Law, starring Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda (who had come out of a 15-year hiatus for this film) and Michael Vartan.
In 2008, Luketic released 21, based on the book Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich.
The film tells the true story of five Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who became experts at counting cards and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess and Laurence Fishburne. He directed the romantic comedy The Ugly Truth, which opened in July 2009.
Starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, the film follows a morning show producer (Heigl) who sets out to disprove the outrageous relationship theories of her chauvinistic correspondent (Butler).
Luketic next directed the action-comedy Killers, starring Heigl and Ashton Kutcher.