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

Works

The Dish

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Release Date:2026-06-12

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Jurassic World Rebirth

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

Release Date:2025-07-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Black Bag

When his beloved wife is suspected of betraying the nation, an intelligence agent faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.

Release Date:2025-03-12

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

6.3

Presence

A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.

Release Date:2025-01-16

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:69

6.6

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Release Date:2023-06-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3555

6.2

Kimi

A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.

Release Date:2022-02-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:890

6.0

You Should Have Left

In an effort to repair their relationship, a couple books a vacation in the countryside for themselves and their daughter. What starts as a perfect retreat begins to fall apart as one loses their grip on reality, and a sinister force tries to tear them apart.

Release Date:2020-06-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:803

7.6

Spielberg

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

Release Date:2017-10-05

Character:Self

Vote Count:287

5.5

The Mummy

Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.

Release Date:2017-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:7265

6.1

Inferno

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Release Date:2016-10-13

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:6282

5.5

Mortdecai

An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

Release Date:2015-01-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2650

6.1

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Release Date:2014-01-15

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:2870

6.3

Premium Rush

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Release Date:2012-08-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2134

6.4

The Little Engine That Could

Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!

Release Date:2011-03-22

Department:Writing

Job:Screenstory

Vote Count:14

6.7

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers

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 adrenaline.

Release Date:2009-10-02

Character:Self

Vote Count:10

6.7

Angels & Demons

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

Release Date:2009-04-23

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:6856

6.5

Ghost Town

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

Release Date:2008-09-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:973

6.0

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.

Release Date:2008-05-21

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:8410

6.4

Zathura: A Space Adventure

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

Release Date:2005-11-06

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:3318

6.5

War of the Worlds

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

Release Date:2005-06-13

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:8478

6.6

Secret Window

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Release Date:2004-03-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3653

5.8

The Making of 'Carlito's Way'

A documentary about the making of "Carlito's Way."

Release Date:2003-09-02

Character:Self

Vote Count:6

Hack
7.9

Hack

Hack is a television series that aired on the American CBS television network from 2002 to 2004. The series centers on the fictional life of a former police officer, Polish-American Mike Olshansky, who left the force after being charged with corruption and now works as a taxi driver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Release Date:2002-09-27

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:8

7.3

Spider-Man

After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.

Release Date:2002-05-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:19358

6.1

Big Trouble

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 thugs, two love struck teens, two FBI men and a psychedelic toad. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry's best-selling first novel, "Big Trouble."

Release Date:2002-04-05

Character:Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)

Vote Count:294

6.8

Panic Room

Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

Release Date:2002-03-29

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:5013

6.7

Stir of Echoes

After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.

Release Date:1999-09-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1234

6.2

Snake Eyes

All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne, to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

Release Date:1998-08-07

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:1371

6.5

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

Release Date:1997-05-23

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Character:Unlucky Bastard

Vote Count:8488

6.8

The Making of 'The Lost World'

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

Release Date:1997-05-08

Character:Self

Vote Count:6

5.8

The Trigger Effect

A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.

Release Date:1996-08-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:108

7.0

Mission: Impossible

When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

Release Date:1996-05-22

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:9028

6.1

The Shadow

Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.

Release Date:1994-07-01

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:525

6.6

The Paper

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Release Date:1994-03-18

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:204

5.0

Suspicious

A woman drives down an eerie highway at night in search of hospitality and come across some suspicious townsfolk and a little more than she bargained for...

Release Date:1994-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

7.8

Carlito's Way

A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.

Release Date:1993-11-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:3194

8.0

Jurassic Park

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

Release Date:1993-06-11

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:16539

6.8

Death Becomes Her

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

Release Date:1992-07-30

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:2676

6.5

Toy Soldiers

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.

Release Date:1991-04-24

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:341

6.0

Bad Influence

Wimpy young executive Michael is about to get pulverized by a jealous boyfriend in a bar when a handsome, mysterious stranger steps in—and then disappears. Later that night, Michael runs into a stranger on a pier, who wheedles his way into Michael's life and turns it upside down.

Release Date:1990-03-09

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:159

6.7

Apartment Zero

In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.

Release Date:1989-09-02

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:49

The Green Hornet and Kato

A newspaper publisher teams up with a martial arts expert to fight crime. A reboot based on the 1960 TV series.

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Cold Storage

Several decades ago, a highly infectious, constantly mutating micro-organism – capable of extinction-level destruction – was contained in a military facility. In the present day, the military has sealed the facility’s lowest sublevel selling the remaining space to a self-storage company. As temperatures rise underground, the micro-organism finds a way to escape – and if left to spread, it will soon uncontrollably multiply around the world. The fate of humanity now rests on a retired bioterror operative and two unlikely heroes employed in the facility – who are caught in a race against time to destroy the organism and save mankind.

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Micro

A group of graduate students are lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves miniaturized and cast out into the rainforest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them.

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Spy vs. Spy

The Black Spy/Man in Black and White Spy/Spy in White, characters created by cartoonist Antonio Prohías, are shadowy operatives with matching ensembles and pointy noses who are always scheming to foil one another.

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

5.6

Why Me?

A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.

Release Date:1990-02-08

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:23

5.9

Dark Angel

Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...

Release Date:1990-01-26

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:323

Quarto do Pânico

Trapped in their brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, a newly divorced woman and her young daughter play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it. A Portuguese language remake of David Fincher's 2002 thriller.

Department:Writing

Job:Original Film Writer

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