David Koepp

David Koepp

Known for
Writing
Born
June 9, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

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

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Filmography

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The Green Hornet and Kato

The Green Hornet and Kato

Movie · Writer

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Micro

Micro

Movie · Screenplay

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Spy vs. Spy

Spy vs. Spy

Movie · Writer

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Westworld

Westworld

Movie · Screenplay

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Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel

Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel

Movie · Writer

2026
Cold Storage poster

Cold Storage

Movie · Novel, Screenplay

2026
Disclosure Day poster

Disclosure Day

Movie · Screenplay

2025
Presence poster

Presence

Movie · Writer

2025
Jurassic World Rebirth poster

Jurassic World Rebirth

Movie · Writer

2025
Black Bag poster

Black Bag

Movie · Writer

2025
Quarto do Pânico poster

Quarto do Pânico

Movie · Original Film Writer

2023
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny poster

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Movie · Writer

2022
Kimi poster

Kimi

Movie · Writer

2020
You Should Have Left poster

You Should Have Left

Movie · Screenplay

2017
The Mummy poster

The Mummy

Movie · Screenplay

2016
Inferno poster

Inferno

Movie · Screenplay

2014
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit poster

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Movie · Screenplay

2012
Premium Rush poster

Premium Rush

Movie · Writer

2011
The Little Engine That Could poster

The Little Engine That Could

Movie · Screenstory, Screenplay

2009
Angels & Demons poster

Angels & Demons

Movie · Screenplay

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Movie · Screenplay

2008
Ghost Town poster

Ghost Town

Movie · Screenplay

2005
Zathura: A Space Adventure poster

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Movie · Screenplay

2005
War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

Movie · Screenplay

2004
Secret Window poster

Secret Window

Movie · Screenplay

2002
Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

Movie · Screenplay

2002
Panic Room poster

Panic Room

Movie · Screenplay

1999
Stir of Echoes poster

Stir of Echoes

Movie · Screenplay

1998
Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes

Movie · Screenplay, Story

1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park poster

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Movie · Screenplay

1996
Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

Movie · Screenplay, Story

1996
The Trigger Effect poster

The Trigger Effect

Movie · Screenplay

1994
The Paper poster

The Paper

Movie · Screenplay

1994
The Shadow poster

The Shadow

Movie · Screenplay

1994
Suspicious poster

Suspicious

Movie · Screenplay

1993
Jurassic Park poster

Jurassic Park

Movie · Screenplay

1993
Carlito's Way poster

Carlito's Way

Movie · Screenplay

1992
Death Becomes Her poster

Death Becomes Her

Movie · Writer

1991
Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers

Movie · Screenplay

1990
Bad Influence poster

Bad Influence

Movie · Writer

1990
Why Me? poster

Why Me?

Movie · Screenplay

1990
Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

Movie · Writer

1989
Apartment Zero poster

Apartment Zero

Movie · Screenplay