David Koepp
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor
June 9, 1963 (63 years)
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).
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
Filmography
| 2026 | Disclosure Day · as Screenplay |
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | Cold Storage · as Novel |
| 2025 | Panic Room · as Original Film Writer |
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| 2024 | PresenceOn Plex |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | You Should Have Left · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | The Mummy · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | Inferno · as Screenplay |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | |
| 2009 | Angels & Demons · as Screenplay |
| 2008 | Ghost Town · as Screenplay |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure · as Screenplay |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds · as Screenplay |
| 2004 | Secret Window · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | Spider-Man · as Screenplay |
| 2002 | Panic Room · as Screenplay |
| 1999 | Stir of Echoes · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1998 | Snake Eyes · as Screenplay |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | The Trigger Effect · as Screenplay |
| 1996 | Mission: Impossible · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | The Shadow · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | The Paper · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Carlito's Way · as Screenplay |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers · as Screenplay |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | |
| 1990 | Why Me? · as Screenplay |
| 1988 | Apartment Zero · as Screenplay |
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| 2015 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2004 | |
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| 2003 | |
| 1999 | Stir of EchoesOn Plex |
| 1996 |
| 2002 | Big Trouble · as Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice) |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park · as Unlucky Bastard |
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| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features · as Self |
| 2012 | Premium Rush: The Starting Line · as Self |
| 2012 | Premium Rush: Behind the Wheels · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Saturday Morning · as Self - Author, Author |
| 2010 | Janela Indiscreta · as Self |
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| 2008 | |
| 2001 | Beyond Jurassic Park · as Self - Screenwriter |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast · as Self |
| 1997 | Making the 'Lost World' · as Self |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations · as Self |
| 2011 | The Little Engine That Could · as Screenstory |
| 2002 | Hack · as Created By |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park · as Second Unit Director |