David Koepp

About

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...

Known for

Disclosure DayMovie • 2026Jurassic World RebirthMovie • 2025Spider-ManMovie • 2002War of the WorldsMovie • 2005Mission: ImpossibleMovie • 1996Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMovie • 2023Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMovie • 2008Black BagMovie • 2025Angels & DemonsMovie • 2009Jurassic ParkMovie • 1993MortdecaiMovie • 2015HackSeries • 2002Death Becomes HerMovie • 1992Cold StorageMovie • 2026Jack Ryan: Shadow RecruitMovie • 2014InfernoMovie • 2016The MummyMovie • 2017Zathura: A Space AdventureMovie • 2005Carlito's WayMovie • 1993PresenceMovie • 2025Secret WindowMovie • 2004Panic RoomMovie • 2002Stir of EchoesMovie • 1999The ShadowMovie • 1994