- Known for
- Writing
- Credits
- 65 films
- Born
- June 9, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Writing
David Koepp
Also known as Leonard Maas kiçik, デイヴィッド・コープ, Leonard Maas Jr., Девід Кеп
Biography
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.
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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
Spider-Man
English · Action · Science Fiction
Jurassic Park
English · Adventure · Science Fiction
Acting 11
- 2026Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY · Self
- 2026FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY · Himself
- 2025Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era · Self
- 2017Spielberg · Self
- 2009A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers · Self
- 2008Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend · Self
- 2008Production Diary: Making of 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'
Writing 38
- 2026Disclosure Day · Screenplay
- 2026Cold Storage · Novel, Screenplay
- 2025Quarto do Pânico · Original Film Writer
- 2025Jurassic World Rebirth · Writer
- 2025Black Bag · Writer
- 2025Presence · Writer
- 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny · Writer
- 2022Kimi
Directing 9
- 2020You Should Have Left · Director
- 2015Mortdecai · Director
- 2012Premium Rush · Director
- 2008Ghost Town · Director
- 2004Secret Window · Director
- 1999Stir of Echoes · Director
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park · Second Unit Director
- 1996The Trigger Effect
Production 7
- 2026Cold Storage · Producer
- 2025Black Bag · Executive Producer
- 2025Presence · Executive Producer
- 2022Kimi · Producer
- 2002Panic Room · Producer
- 1994The Paper · Producer
- 1989Apartment Zero · Producer
