About
David Koepp
Overview
David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He has written or co-written the screenplays for more than thirty films, including Apartment Zero, Bad Influence, Death Becomes Her, Carlito’s Way, Jurassic Park, The Paper, Mission: Impossible, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Snake Eyes, Panic Room, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Angels & Demons, Inferno, and Kimi. As a director, his work includes the films The Trigger Effect, Stir of Echoes, Secret Window, Ghost Town, Premium Rush, and You Should Have Left. He was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from UCLA’s film school in 1986. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.
Known for
Acting |
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2017 | Spielberg | Actor | Self | 65 Fair |
2009 | A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2003 | The Making of 'Carlito's Way' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2002 | Big Trouble | Actor | Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice) | 59 Average |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Actor | Unlucky Bastard | 64 Fair |
1997 | The Making of 'The Lost World' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
Directing |
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2020 | You Should Have Left | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2015 | Mortdecai | Directing | Director | 55 Average |
2012 | Premium Rush | Directing | Director | 62 Fair |
2008 | Ghost Town | Directing | Director | 63 Fair |
2004 | Secret Window | Directing | Director | 65 Fair |
1999 | Stir of Echoes | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Directing | Second Unit Director | 64 Fair |
1996 | The Trigger Effect | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1994 | Suspicious | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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2026 | The Dish | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2025 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2025 | Black Bag | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2025 | Presence | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Writing | Writer | 64 Fair |
2022 | Kimi | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
2020 | You Should Have Left | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2017 | The Mummy | Writing | Screenplay | 55 Average |
2016 | Inferno | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
2012 | Premium Rush | Writing | Writer | 62 Fair |
2011 | The Little Engine That Could | Writing | Screenstory | 59 Average |
2011 | The Little Engine That Could | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2009 | Angels & Demons | Writing | Screenplay | 66 Fair |
2008 | Ghost Town | Writing | Screenplay | 63 Fair |
2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure | Writing | Screenplay | 63 Fair |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Writing | Screenplay | 64 Fair |
2004 | Secret Window | Writing | Screenplay | 65 Fair |
2002 | Spider-Man trilogy | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
2002 | Spider-Man | Writing | Screenplay | 72 Good |
2002 | Panic Room | Writing | Screenplay | 66 Fair |
1999 | Stir of Echoes | Writing | Screenplay | 64 Fair |
1998 | Snake Eyes | Writing | Screenplay | 61 Fair |
1998 | Snake Eyes | Writing | Story | 61 Fair |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Writing | Screenplay | 64 Fair |
1996 | The Trigger Effect | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1996 | Mission: Impossible | Writing | Story | 69 Fair |
1996 | Mission: Impossible | Writing | Screenplay | 69 Fair |
1994 | The Shadow | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
1994 | The Paper | Writing | Screenplay | 60 Fair |
1993 | Carlito's Way | Writing | Screenplay | 75 Good |
1993 | Jurassic Park | Writing | Screenplay | 78 Good |
1992 | Death Becomes Her | Writing | Writer | 66 Fair |
1991 | Toy Soldiers | Writing | Screenplay | 61 Fair |
1990 | Bad Influence | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1990 | Why Me? | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1990 | Dark Angel | Writing | Screenplay | 58 Average |
1989 | Apartment Zero | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
Blackhawk | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
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Cold Storage | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
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Spy vs. Spy | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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The Green Hornet and Kato | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Blackhawk | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
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Micro | Writing | Screenplay | N/A N/A |
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Cold Storage | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2025 | Presence | Production | Executive Producer | N/A N/A |
2022 | Kimi | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
2002 | Panic Room | Production | Producer | 66 Fair |
1989 | Apartment Zero | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Cold Storage | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |