David Koepp
Writer · b. 1963 · Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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 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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Movie6.1ActionComedyThe 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."
Big Trouble
2002 · 340 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryA documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg
2017 · 314 votes
Movie6.9DocumentaryScience FictionBehind-the-scenes documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's 1997 film "The Lost World."
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997 · 7 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryTV MovieA 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.
A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009 · 10 votes
Movie8.9DocumentaryA behind-the-scenes look with the cast and crew, featuring thrilling locations, deadly new dinosaurs and the next evolution of the iconic franchise.
Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025 · 26 votes
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Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016 · 2 votes
Movie6.6AdventureActionFour 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.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 · 9.5K votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryA behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Brian De Palma’s "Carlito’s Way," featuring interviews with the filmmakers and key creative figures behind the 1993 crime drama.
The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003 · 7 votes
MovieDocumentaryFrank Marschall takes us on a behind the scenes tour on location and on the studio back-lots of four different studios during the making of 'Genre', which was the fake working title of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
MovieDocumentarySteven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford explain why it took so long for Indiana Jones to return to the big screen for a fourth adventure.