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David Koepp

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David Koepp

Born June 9, 1963 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA43 films

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.

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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).

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Jurassic Park posterFirst watchJurassic Park19938.0A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Spider-Man poster7.4Spider-Man2002Mission: Impossible poster7.0Mission: Impossible1996Carlito's Way poster7.8Carlito's Way1993Disclosure Day poster7.5Disclosure Day2026War of the Worlds poster6.6War of the Worlds2005The Lost World: Jurassic Park poster6.6The Lost World: Jurassic Park1997Angels & Demons poster6.7Angels & Demons2009Panic Room poster6.8Panic Room2002

Filmography

43 films
  1. TBAThe Green Hornet and KatoWriter
  2. TBAMicroScreenplay
  3. TBASpy vs. SpyWriter
  4. TBAWestworldScreenplay
  5. TBAUntitled Jurassic World Rebirth SequelWriter
  6. 2026Disclosure DayScreenplay
  7. 2026Cold StorageNovel
  8. 2025Quarto do PânicoOriginal Film Writer
  9. 2025Jurassic World RebirthWriter
  10. 2025Black BagWriter
  11. 2025PresenceWriter
  12. 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyWriter
  13. 2022KimiWriter
  14. 2020You Should Have LeftScreenplay
  15. 2017The MummyScreenplay
  16. 2016InfernoScreenplay
  17. 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitScreenplay
  18. 2012Premium RushWriter
  19. 2011The Little Engine That CouldScreenstory
  20. 2009Angels & DemonsScreenplay
  21. 2008Ghost TownScreenplay
  22. 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullScreenplay
  23. 2005Zathura: A Space AdventureScreenplay
  24. 2005War of the WorldsScreenplay
  25. 2004Secret WindowScreenplay
  26. 2002Spider-ManScreenplay
  27. 2002Panic RoomScreenplay
  28. 1999Stir of EchoesScreenplay
  29. 1998Snake EyesScreenplay
  30. 1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkScreenplay
  31. 1996The Trigger EffectScreenplay
  32. 1996Mission: ImpossibleScreenplay
  33. 1994SuspiciousScreenplay
  34. 1994The ShadowScreenplay
  35. 1994The PaperScreenplay
  36. 1993Carlito's WayScreenplay
  37. 1993Jurassic ParkScreenplay
  38. 1992Death Becomes HerWriter
  39. 1991Toy SoldiersScreenplay
  40. 1990Bad InfluenceWriter
  41. 1990Why Me?Screenplay
  42. 1990Dark AngelWriter
  43. 1989Apartment ZeroScreenplay