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David Koepp

David Koepp

Writing • Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA • Born June 9, 1963

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article David Koepp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

36
Films
6.5
Avg Score

Filmography (36)

Disclosure Day

Disclosure Day

2026 • Mystery, Science Fiction • 2h 25m
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Screenplay
Cold Storage

Cold Storage

2026 • Horror, Science Fiction • 1h 39m
61
Producer
Novel
Screenplay
Presence

Presence

2025 • Horror, Thriller • 1h 24m
61
Writer
Executive Producer
Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025 • Science Fiction, Action • 2h 14m
58
Writer
Black Bag

Black Bag

2025 • Mystery, Thriller • 1h 34m
67
Writer
Executive Producer
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023 • Action, Adventure • 2h 35m
65
Writer
Kimi

Kimi

2022 • Mystery, Thriller • 1h 29m
63
Writer
Producer
You Should Have Left

You Should Have Left

2020 • Horror, Thriller • 1h 33m
54
Director
Screenplay
The Mummy

The Mummy

2017 • Horror, Action • 1h 50m
54
Screenplay
Inferno

Inferno

2016 • Mystery, Action • 2h 2m
62
Screenplay
Mortdecai

Mortdecai

2015 • Adventure, Comedy • 1h 47m
55
Director
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

2014 • Action, Thriller • 1h 45m
62
Screenplay
Premium Rush

Premium Rush

2012 • Action, Thriller • 1h 31m
65
Writer
Director
Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

2009 • Mystery, Thriller • 2h 19m
67
Screenplay
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008 • Action, Adventure • 2h 2m
62
Screenplay
Ghost Town

Ghost Town

2008 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 42m
67
Director
Screenplay
War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds

2005 • Science Fiction, Adventure • 1h 57m
66
Screenplay
Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zathura: A Space Adventure

2005 • Science Fiction, Adventure • 1h 41m
63
Screenplay
Secret Window

Secret Window

2004 • Mystery, Thriller • 1h 36m
65
Director
Screenplay
Big Trouble

Big Trouble

2002 • Mystery, Action • 1h 25m
64
as Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)
Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002 • Science Fiction, Action • 2h 1m
74
Screenplay
Panic Room

Panic Room

2002 • Thriller, Crime • 1h 51m
68
Producer
Screenplay
Stir of Echoes

Stir of Echoes

1999 • Horror, Mystery • 1h 39m
69
Director
Screenplay
Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes

1998 • Mystery, Thriller • 1h 38m
61
Screenplay
Story
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 • Science Fiction, Action • 2h 9m
66
as Unlucky Bastard
Screenplay
Second Unit Director
Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1996 • Action, Adventure • 1h 51m
72
Screenplay
Story
The Trigger Effect

The Trigger Effect

1996 • Thriller, Drama • 1h 34m
57
Director
Screenplay
The Shadow

The Shadow

1994 • Action, Crime • 1h 48m
61
Screenplay
The Paper

The Paper

1994 • Comedy, Drama • 1h 52m
67
Screenplay
Producer
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

1993 • Science Fiction, Adventure • 2h 7m
82
Screenplay
Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

1993 • Thriller, Crime • 2h 24m
79
Screenplay
Death Becomes Her

Death Becomes Her

1992 • Horror, Comedy • 1h 44m
67
Writer
Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

1991 • Action, Adventure • 1h 52m
66
Screenplay
Bad Influence

Bad Influence

1990 • Thriller • 1h 39m
63
Writer
Dark Angel

Dark Angel

1990 • Horror, Science Fiction • 1h 31m
61
Writer
Why Me?

Why Me?

1990 • Action, Comedy • 1h 27m
58
Screenplay

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