
David Koepp
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).
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Known For | Writing |
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Most Rating | 0.322 |
Birthday | 1963-06-09 |
Place of Birth | Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Also Known As | Leonard Maas kiçik, |

2003

The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
5.8/6
A documentary about the making of "Carlito's Way."
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The Making of 'Carlito's Way'

2002

Big Trouble
6.1/296
The story of how a mysterious suitcase brings together, and changes, the lives of a divorced dad, an unhappy housewife, two hitmen, a pair of street t...
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Big Trouble

2017

Spielberg
7.6/288
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
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Spielberg

2009

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
6.7/10
A look at thrillers from all sides, including different types of thrillers and the stylistic tools filmmakers use to give their audiences a shot of ad...
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A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

1997

The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.8/6
Behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost World."
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The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
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Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing tha...
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