Robert Luketic was born in Sydney, Australia, the elder of two children of a Croatian father and Italian mother.

[citation needed] He first attracted Hollywood's attention with his award-winning short film Titsiana Booberini written by Tania Lacy.

The 2003 film, produced by Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher at Red Wagon, stars Kate Bosworth, Nathan Lane, Josh Duhamel and Topher Grace.

[citation needed] At one point, Luketic was attached to direct an adaptation of Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm books as his followup to Monster-in-Law.

The film tells the true story of five MIT students who became experts at counting cards and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.