David 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).
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Films (55)
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
2026 · Self
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
2026 · Himself
La Révélation
2026 · Screenplay
Chambre froide
2026 · Producer, Novel, Screenplay
Quarto do Pânico
2025 · Original Film Writer
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · Self
Jurassic World : Renaissance
2025 · Writer
The Insider
2025 · Writer, Executive Producer
Présence
2025 · Writer, Executive Producer
Indiana Jones et le Cadran de la destinée
2023 · Writer
Kimi: Alguien está escuchando
2022 · Writer, Producer
Debieron irse
2020 · Director, Screenplay
Spielberg
2017 · Self
La Momie
2017 · Screenplay
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016 · Self
Inferno
2016 · Screenplay
Charlie Mortdecai
2015 · Director
The Ryan initiative
2014 · Screenplay
Course express
2012 · Writer, Director
Le Petit train bleu
2011 · Screenstory, Screenplay
Une nuit au Cinéma : les thrillers
2009 · Self
Anges et Démons
2009 · Screenplay
Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend
2008 · Self
Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
2008 · Self
La Ville fantôme
2008 · Director, Screenplay
Indiana Jones et le royaume du crâne de cristal
2008 · Screenplay
Zathura : Une aventure spatiale
2005 · Screenplay
La Guerre des mondes
2005 · Screenplay
Fenêtre secrète
2004 · Director, Screenplay
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003 · Self
El hombre araña
2002 · Screenplay
Big trouble
2002 · Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)
La chambre forte
2002 · Producer, Screenplay
Stir of Echoes
1999 · Director, Screenplay
Snake Eyes
1998 · Screenplay, Story
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · Unlucky Bastard, Screenplay, Second Unit Director
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · Self
The Trigger Effect
1996 · Director, Screenplay
Mission: Impossible
1996 · Screenplay, Story
Suspicious
1994 · Director, Screenplay
The Shadow
1994 · Screenplay
The Paper
1994 · Screenplay, Producer
Carlito's Way
1993 · Screenplay
Jurassic Park
1993 · Screenplay
Death Becomes Her
1992 · Writer
Toy Soldiers
1991 · Screenplay
Bad Influence
1990 · Writer
Why Me?
1990 · Screenplay
Dark Angel
1990 · Writer
Apartment Zero
1989 · Producer, Screenplay
The Green Hornet and Kato
· Writer
Micro
· Screenplay
Spy vs. Spy
· Writer
Westworld
· Screenplay
Untitled Jurassic World Rebirth Sequel
· Writer
