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).

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Personal Details

• Born: 1963-06-09 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Known For: Writing

David Koepp Movies List

Looking for David Koepp movies? Here are some of their most popular films and where they rank in their career:

• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Big Trouble (2002)
• Spielberg (2017)
• Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era (2025)
• A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)
• The Making of 'Carlito's Way' (2003)
• The Making of 'The Lost World' (1997)
• Tom Hanks: A League of His Own (2016)

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