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.
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).
Filmography
David Koepp's best-known films, from newest to oldest.
- 2026Disclosure DayScreenplay
- 2025Jurassic World RebirthScreenplay
- 2025Black BagScreenplay
- 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyScreenplay
- 2017The MummyScreenplay
- 2016InfernoScreenplay
- 2015MortdecaiDirector
- 2014Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitScreenplay
- 2012Premium RushDirector · Screenplay
- 2009Angels & DemonsScreenplay
- 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullScreenplay
- 2008Ghost TownDirector · Screenplay
- 2005War of the WorldsScreenplay
- 2005Zathura: A Space AdventureScreenplay
- 2004Secret WindowDirector · Screenplay
- 2002Spider-ManScreenplay
- 2002Panic RoomScreenplay
- 1999Stir of EchoesDirector · Screenplay
- 1998Snake EyesScreenplay
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkScreenplay
- 1996Mission: ImpossibleScreenplay
- 1993Jurassic ParkScreenplay
- 1993Carlito's WayScreenplay
- 1992Death Becomes HerScreenplay
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