David Koepp
Writing
Born: June 9, 1963 (age 63) · Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
David Gerard Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the ninth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts, with a total gross of over $2.3 billion. Koepp has achieved both critical and commercial success in a wide variety of genres: thriller, science fiction, comedy, action, drama, crime, superhero, horror, adventure, and fantasy. Some of the best-known films he has written include the sci-fi adventure films Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); the crime film Carlito's Way (1993); the action spy films Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014); the superhero film Spider-Man (2002); the sci-fi disaster film War of the Worlds (2005); and the mystery thriller Angels & Demons (2009). Koepp has directed seven feature films over the course of his career: The Trigger Effect (1996), Stir of Echoes (1999), Secret Window (2004), Ghost Town (2008), Premium Rush (2012), Mortdecai (2015), and You Should Have Left (2020).
Known for
Spider-Man
2002
Jurassic Park
1993
Mission: Impossible
1996
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
War of the Worlds
2005
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
The Mummy
2017
Angels & Demons
2009
Inferno
2016
Panic Room
2002
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Secret Window
2004
Photos (2)
Movies (2)
Self / Appearances (7)
Spielberg
Self
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
Himself
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
Self
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
Himself
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
Self
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
Self
Directing (9)
Mortdecai
Director
Secret Window
Director
Stir of Echoes
Director
You Should Have Left
Director
Premium Rush
Director
Ghost Town
Director
The Trigger Effect
Director
Suspicious
Director
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Second Unit Director
Writing (42)
Disclosure Day
Screenplay
Spider-Man
Screenplay
Jurassic World Rebirth
Writer
Mission: Impossible
Screenplay
Mission: Impossible
Story
War of the Worlds
Screenplay
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Writer
Cold Storage
Novel
Cold Storage
Screenplay
Jurassic Park
Screenplay
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Screenplay
Angels & Demons
Screenplay
Panic Room
Screenplay
Inferno
Screenplay
The Mummy
Screenplay
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Screenplay
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Screenplay
Black Bag
Writer
Carlito's Way
Screenplay
Death Becomes Her
Writer
Presence
Writer
The Shadow
Screenplay
Secret Window
Screenplay
Dark Angel
Writer
Stir of Echoes
Screenplay
Snake Eyes
Screenplay
Snake Eyes
Story
You Should Have Left
Screenplay
Premium Rush
Writer
Kimi
Writer
Ghost Town
Screenplay
The Paper
Screenplay
Toy Soldiers
Screenplay
Bad Influence
Writer
The Trigger Effect
Screenplay
The Little Engine That Could
Screenstory
The Little Engine That Could
Screenplay
Why Me?
Screenplay
Apartment Zero
Screenplay
Quarto do Pânico
Original Film Writer
Suspicious
Screenplay
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Screenplay
