Writing
David Koepp
Born Jun 9, 1963 · 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).
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Written
Disclosure Day
2026
Science Fiction · Thriller
Cold Storage
2026
Horror · Science Fiction · Comedy
Quarto do Pânico
2025
Thriller · Crime · Drama
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
Science Fiction · Adventure · Action
Black Bag
2025
Mystery · Thriller
Presence
2025
Horror · Drama
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Adventure · Action
Kimi
2022
Thriller · Mystery · Crime
The Mummy
2017
Fantasy · Thriller · Action
Inferno
2016
Mystery · Thriller
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
Action · Drama · Thriller
The Little Engine That Could
2011
Animation · Family
Angels & Demons
2009
Thriller · Mystery
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Adventure · Action
Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Science Fiction · Adventure · Family
War of the Worlds
2005
Adventure · Thriller · Science Fiction
Spider-Man
2002
Action · Science Fiction
Panic Room
2002
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Snake Eyes
1998
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Adventure · Action · Science Fiction
Mission: Impossible
1996
Adventure · Action · Thriller
The Shadow
1994
Fantasy · Action · Crime
The Paper
1994
Comedy · Drama
Carlito's Way
1993
Crime · Drama · Thriller
Jurassic Park
1993
Adventure · Science Fiction
Death Becomes Her
1992
Comedy · Fantasy · Horror
Toy Soldiers
1991
Action · Adventure · Thriller
Bad Influence
1990
Thriller · Crime
Why Me?
1990
Comedy · Action
Dark Angel
1990
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
Apartment Zero
1989
Thriller · Drama · Horror
Directed
Acting
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
2026
Documentary · Science Fiction
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
2026
Documentary
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025
Documentary
Spielberg
2017
Documentary
