David Koepp
Writing
1963-06-09 · Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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).
Filmography
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
2026 · Movie
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
2026 · Movie
Disclosure Day
2026 · Movie
Cold Storage
2026 · Movie
Quarto do Pânico
2025 · Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Movie
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · Movie
Black Bag
2025 · Movie
Presence
2025 · Movie
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023 · Movie
Kimi
2022 · Movie
You Should Have Left
2020 · Movie
Spielberg
2017 · Movie
The Mummy
2017 · Movie
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016 · Movie
Inferno
2016 · Movie
Mortdecai
2015 · Movie
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014 · Movie
Premium Rush
2012 · Movie
The Little Engine That Could
2011 · Movie
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009 · Movie
Angels & Demons
2009 · Movie
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
2008 · Movie
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
2008 · Movie
Ghost Town
2008 · Movie
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008 · Movie
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · Movie
War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie
Secret Window
2004 · Movie
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003 · Movie
Hack
2002 · Series
Spider-Man
2002 · Movie
Big Trouble
2002 · Movie
Panic Room
2002 · Movie
Stir of Echoes
1999 · Movie
Snake Eyes
1998 · Movie
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Movie
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Movie
The Trigger Effect
1996 · Movie
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Movie
Suspicious
1994 · Movie
The Shadow
1994 · Movie
The Paper
1994 · Movie
Carlito's Way
1993 · Movie
Jurassic Park
1993 · Movie
Death Becomes Her
1992 · Movie
Toy Soldiers
1991 · Movie
Bad Influence
1990 · Movie
Why Me?
1990 · Movie
Dark Angel
1990 · Movie
Apartment Zero
1989 · Movie
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
Movie
Micro
Movie
Spy vs. Spy
Movie
The Green Hornet and Kato
Movie
Westworld
Movie