David Koepp

Writing · Born 1963-06-09 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Making of 'Carlito's Way' as Self
• Big Trouble as Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)
• Spielberg as Self
• A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers as Self
• The Making of 'The Lost World' as Self
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park as Unlucky Bastard
• Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era as Self
• Tom Hanks: A League of His Own as Self