Biography
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 (199...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Dish
2026
Screenplay
A UFO story. Plot TBA.

Cold Storage
2025
Producer, Novel, Screenplay
Teacake and Naomi, two young employees of a self-storage company built on the site of an old US military base, have their wildest night shift ever whe...

Jurassic World Rebirth
2025
Writer
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 mis...

Jurassic World Rebirth: The Making of a New Era
2025
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look with the cast and crew, featuring thrilling locations, deadly new dinosaurs and the next evolution of the iconic franchise.

Black Bag
2025
Writer, Executive Producer
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whet...

Presence
2024
Writer, Executive Producer
A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in th...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023
Writer
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 tentacle...

Kimi
2022
Writer, Producer
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,...

You Should Have Left
2020
Director, Screenplay
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 re...

Spielberg
2017
as Self
A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

The Mummy
2017
Screenplay
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 c...

Inferno
2016
Screenplay
After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Mortdecai
2015
Director
An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code that gains access to hidden Nazi gold.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
2014
Screenplay
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Premium Rush
2012
Director, Writer
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

The Little Engine That Could
2011
Screenstory, Screenplay
Featuring an all-star cast, the timeless story comes to life in this all-new, feature-length film filled with fun and adventure!

A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers
2009
as Self
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...

Angels & Demons
2009
Screenplay
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organizati...

Ghost Town
2008
Director, Screenplay
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse,...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008
Screenplay
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 my...

Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005
Screenplay
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 ...

War of the Worlds
2005
Screenplay
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 daugh...

Secret Window
2004
Director, Screenplay
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 ...

The Making of 'Carlito's Way'
2003
as Self
A documentary about the making of "Carlito's Way."

Spider-Man
2002
Screenplay
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

Big Trouble
2002
as Annoyed Sports Radio Host (voice)
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...

Panic Room
2002
Producer, Screenplay
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 ...

Stir of Echoes
1999
Director, Screenplay
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.

Snake Eyes
1998
Screenplay, Story
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...

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
as Unlucky Bastard
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing tha...

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997
Screenplay, Second Unit Director
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing tha...

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

The Trigger Effect
1996
Director, Screenplay
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environmen...

Mission: Impossible
1996
Screenplay, Story
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 Shadow
1994
Screenplay
Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom u...

The Paper
1994
Screenplay, Producer
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, p...

Suspicious
1994
Director
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 ...

Carlito's Way
1993
Screenplay
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New Yor...

Jurassic Park
1993
Screenplay
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of e...

Death Becomes Her
1992
Writer
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and s...

Toy Soldiers
1991
Screenplay
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. The...

Bad Influence
1990
Writer
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 disapp...

Why Me?
1990
Screenplay
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.

Dark Angel
1990
Screenplay
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 Vict...

Apartment Zero
1989
Producer, Screenplay
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 ...
The Green Hornet and Kato
N/A
Writer
A newspaper publisher teams up with a martial arts expert to fight crime. A reboot based on the 1960 TV series.
Micro
N/A
Screenplay
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...
Spy vs. Spy
N/A
Writer
The Black Spy/Man in Black and White Spy/Spy in White, characters created by cartoonist Antonio Prohías, are shadowy operatives with matching ensemble...
Quarto do Pânico
N/A
Original Film Writer
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 daught...