David Koepp

David Koepp
David Koepp, 2022
Born	(1963-06-09) June 9, 1963 (age 61) Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations	Screenwriter film director film producer author
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Jurassic Park Carlito's Way Mission: Impossible Spider-Man Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Spouse	Melissa Thomas
Children	4
Awards	WGA East's Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award for Best Writing Fantastic'Arts Grand Prize

David Koepp (/kɛp/;^[1] 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.^[2] 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).