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David Koepp

David Koepp

Writing
Born: Jun 09, 1963
From: Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Credits: 11 titles

Biography

David Koepp (/kɛp/; 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Koepp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Title Character Year Rating
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era Self 2025 8.8
Spielberg Self 2017 7.557
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own Self 2016 8.0
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers Self 2009 6.7
Secret Window: A Look Through It 2004 7.0
Secret Window: From Book to Film 2004 8.0
Secret Window: Secrets Revealed 2004 10.0
The Making of 'Carlito's Way' Self 2003 6.0
Big Trouble Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice) 2002 6.119
The Making of 'The Lost World' Self 1997 6.857
The Lost World: Jurassic Park Unlucky Bastard 1997 6.564
Quick Facts
Known forWriting
Credits11
Born1963
FromPewaukee, Wisconsin, USA