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David Koepp

Writing

David Koepp

EN, PT, NL cinema · 55 credits

Born

9 June 1963 (age 63)

Birthplace

Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also known as Leonard Maas kiçik · デイヴィッド・コープ · Leonard Maas Jr. · Девід Кеп · David Gerard Koepp · David Andrew Koepp

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

Filmography

The Green Hornet and Kato

The Green Hornet and Kato

ENNot rated

Writer

Micro

Micro

ENNot rated

Screenplay

Spy vs. Spy

Spy vs. Spy

ENNot rated

Writer

Westworld

Westworld

ENNot rated

Screenplay

Jurassic World Liberation

Jurassic World Liberation

ENNot rated

Writer

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY poster

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY

EN · 2026Not rated

as Himself

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY poster

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY

EN · 2026Not rated

as Self

Cold Storage poster

Cold Storage

EN · 20266.7

Producer, Novel, Screenplay

Disclosure Day poster

Disclosure Day

EN · 20267.4

Screenplay

Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era poster

Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era

EN · 20258.9

as Self

Presence poster

Presence

EN · 20256.1

Writer, Executive Producer

Jurassic World Rebirth poster

Jurassic World Rebirth

EN · 20256.2

Writer

Black Bag poster

Black Bag

EN · 20256.4

Writer, Executive Producer

Quarto do Pânico poster

Quarto do Pânico

PT · 20255.9

Original Film Writer

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny poster

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

EN · 20236.5

Writer

Kimi poster

Kimi

EN · 20226.2

Writer, Producer

You Should Have Left poster

You Should Have Left

EN · 20206.1

Director, Screenplay

Spielberg poster

Spielberg

EN · 20177.5

as Self

The Mummy poster

The Mummy

EN · 20175.5

Screenplay

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

2016

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

EN · 20168.0

as Self

Inferno poster

Inferno

EN · 20166.1

Screenplay

Mortdecai poster

Mortdecai

EN · 20155.5

Director

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit poster

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

EN · 20146.1

Screenplay

Premium Rush poster

Premium Rush

EN · 20126.4

Director, Writer

The Little Engine That Could poster

The Little Engine That Could

EN · 20116.2

Screenstory, Screenplay

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers poster

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

EN · 20096.7

as Self

Angels & Demons poster

Angels & Demons

EN · 20096.7

Screenplay

Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend poster

Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend

EN · 2008Not rated

as Self

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' poster

Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'

EN · 2008Not rated

as Self

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

EN · 20086.0

Screenplay

Ghost Town poster

Ghost Town

EN · 20086.5

Director, Screenplay

Zathura: A Space Adventure poster

Zathura: A Space Adventure

EN · 20056.5

Screenplay

War of the Worlds poster

War of the Worlds

EN · 20056.6

Screenplay

Secret Window poster

Secret Window

EN · 20046.6

Director, Screenplay

The Making of 'Carlito's Way' poster

The Making of 'Carlito's Way'

NL · 20036.0

as Self

Big Trouble poster

Big Trouble

EN · 20026.1

as Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)

Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man

EN · 20027.4

Screenplay

Panic Room poster

Panic Room

EN · 20026.8

Producer, Screenplay

Stir of Echoes poster

Stir of Echoes

EN · 19996.7

Director, Screenplay

Snake Eyes poster

Snake Eyes

EN · 19986.2

Screenplay, Story

The Making of 'The Lost World' poster

The Making of 'The Lost World'

EN · 19976.9

as Self

The Lost World: Jurassic Park poster

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

EN · 19976.6

as Unlucky Bastard, Screenplay, Second Unit Director

Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible

EN · 19967.0

Screenplay, Story

The Trigger Effect poster

The Trigger Effect

EN · 19965.8

Director, Screenplay

The Paper poster

The Paper

EN · 19946.6

Screenplay, Producer

The Shadow poster

The Shadow

EN · 19946.1

Screenplay

Suspicious poster

Suspicious

EN · 19944.2

Director, Screenplay

Jurassic Park poster

Jurassic Park

EN · 19938.0

Screenplay

Carlito's Way poster

Carlito's Way

EN · 19937.8

Screenplay

Death Becomes Her poster

Death Becomes Her

EN · 19926.8

Writer

Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers

EN · 19916.5

Screenplay

Bad Influence poster

Bad Influence

EN · 19906.0

Writer

Why Me? poster

Why Me?

EN · 19905.7

Screenplay

Dark Angel poster

Dark Angel

EN · 19906.2

Writer

Apartment Zero poster

Apartment Zero

EN · 19896.6

Producer, Screenplay