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David Koepp

Known For
Writing

Known Credits
8

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 9, 1963 (63 years old)

Place of Birth
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

David Koepp

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

Writing

2026Disclosure Day...Screenplay
2026Cold Storage...Novel
2026Cold Storage...Screenplay
2025Quarto do Pânico...Original Film Writer
2025Jurassic World Rebirth...Writer
2025Black Bag...Writer
2025Presence...Writer
2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny...Writer
2022Kimi...Writer
2020You Should Have Left...Screenplay
2017The Mummy...Screenplay
2016Inferno...Screenplay
2014Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit...Screenplay
2012Premium Rush...Writer
2011The Little Engine That Could...Screenstory
2011The Little Engine That Could...Screenplay
2009Angels & Demons...Screenplay
2008Ghost Town...Screenplay
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...Screenplay
2005Zathura: A Space Adventure...Screenplay
2005War of the Worlds...Screenplay
2004Secret Window...Screenplay
2002Spider-Man...Screenplay
2002Panic Room...Screenplay
1999Stir of Echoes...Screenplay
1998Snake Eyes...Screenplay
1998Snake Eyes...Story
1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park...Screenplay
1996The Trigger Effect...Screenplay
1996Mission: Impossible...Screenplay
1996Mission: Impossible...Story
1994Suspicious...Screenplay
1994The Shadow...Screenplay
1994The Paper...Screenplay
1993Carlito's Way...Screenplay
1993Jurassic Park...Screenplay
1992Death Becomes Her...Writer
1991Toy Soldiers...Screenplay
1990Bad Influence...Writer
1990Why Me?...Screenplay
1990Dark Angel...Writer
1989Apartment Zero...Screenplay
Spy vs. Spy...Writer
Untitled Jurassic World Sequel...Writer
Micro...Screenplay
Westworld...Screenplay
The Green Hornet and Kato...Writer

Production

2026Cold Storage...Producer
2025Black Bag...Executive Producer
2025Presence...Executive Producer
2022Kimi...Producer
2002Panic Room...Producer
1994The Paper...Producer
1989Apartment Zero...Producer

Directing

2020You Should Have Left...Director
2015Mortdecai...Director
2012Premium Rush...Director
2008Ghost Town...Director
2004Secret Window...Director
1999Stir of Echoes...Director
1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park...Second Unit Director
1996The Trigger Effect...Director
1994Suspicious...Director

Creator

2002Hack...Creator

Acting

2025Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Eraas Self
2017Spielbergas Self
2016Tom Hanks: A League of His Ownas Self
2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillersas Self
2003The Making of 'Carlito's Way'as Self
2002Big Troubleas Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)
1997The Lost World: Jurassic Parkas Unlucky Bastard
1997The Making of 'The Lost World'as Self