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David Koepp

Highest Rated: 92% Kimi (2022)

Lowest Rated: 12% Mortdecai (2015)

Birthday: Jun 9, 1963

Birthplace: Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Among the most successful and sought after screenwriters in Hollywood, David Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin in 1963. He fell in love with the world of narrative entertainment after playing Reverend Hale in a high school production of "The Crucible," and would go on to study theater at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and later screenwriting at UCLA. One of his first projects would be the thriller "Apartment Zero" (1988) which he co-wrote with then creative partner Martin Donovan. After assisting on a number of other small productions, Koepp would begin penning higher profile screenplays for films like "Toy Soldiers" (1991) and "Death Becomes Her" (1992), before breaking into the upper echelon with the ultimate boon, co-writing the screenplay for the blockbuster hit "Jurassic Park" (1993). He would shortly thereafter adapt the Edwin Torres novel Carlito's Way for the big screen, his first of several collaborations with director Brian De Palma. Koepp would reteam with De Palma for the blockbuster "Mission: Impossible" (1996), shortly before making his directorial debut with "The Trigger Effect" (1996). Koepp eventually land in the director's chair again for the thriller "Stir of Echoes" (1999) before penning the screenplay for the suspense-packed "Panic Room" (2002), for which he was reportedly paid an impressive four million dollars. He would branch into television in the 00s, writing and executive producing the series "Hack" (CBS, 2002-04), but soon returned to the cinema, penning the latter day sequel "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008). He next adapted the "Da Vinci Code" (2006) sequel "Angels & Demons" (2009), and after writing and directing the thriller "Premium Rush" (2012), returned to adapt the third story in the "Da Vinci Code" franchise, "Inferno" (2016).

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Highest rated movies

92% 60% Kimi Watchlist 91% 91% Jurassic Park Watchlist 90% 67% Spider-Man Watchlist
89% 66% The Paper
Watchlist
89% Presence Watchlist 85% 60% Ghost Town Watchlist 84% 91% Carlito's Way Watchlist
77% 51% Zathura
Watchlist
77% 53% Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Watchlist 76% 42% War of the Worlds Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jurassic World Rebirth Screenwriter - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Bag Screenwriter - 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cold Storage Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2025
89% No Score Yet Presence Screenwriter,
Executive Producer
- 2024
70% 87% Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Screenwriter $174.5M 2023
92% 60% Kimi Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2022
40% 26% You Should Have Left Director,
Screenwriter
- 2020
15% 35% The Mummy Screenwriter $157.1M 2017
23% 36% Inferno Screenwriter $34.3M 2016
12% 31% Mortdecai Director $7.7M 2015
55% 52% Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Screenwriter $50.5M 2014
74% 60% Premium Rush Director,
Screenwriter
$20.3M 2012
36% 57% Angels & Demons Screenwriter $133.4M 2009
85% 60% Ghost Town Director,
Screenwriter
$13.2M 2008
77% 53% Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Screenwriter $317.0M 2008
77% 51% Zathura Writer $28.0M 2005
76% 42% War of the Worlds Screenwriter $234.3M 2005
46% 65% Secret Window Director,
Producer,
Screenwriter
$47.8M 2004
90% 67% Spider-Man Writer $403.7M 2002
76% 64% Panic Room Writer,
Producer
$95.3M 2002
68% 70% Stir of Echoes Director,
Screenwriter
$21.1M 1999
43% 35% Snake Eyes Writer $55.6M 1998
53% 51% The Lost World: Jurassic Park Writer $229.1M 1997
73% 44% The Trigger Effect Director,
Writer
$3.6M 1996
65% 71% Mission: Impossible Writer $180.9M 1996
89% 66% The Paper Screenwriter $36.6M 1994
84% 91% Carlito's Way Screenwriter $36.5M 1993
91% 91% Jurassic Park Screenwriter $415.3M 1993
57% 62% Death Becomes Her Screenwriter $58.4M 1992
41% 66% Toy Soldiers Screenwriter $13.4M 1991
38% 46% I Come in Peace Screenwriter $4.0M 1990
65% 51% Bad Influence Screenwriter $11.3M 1990

TV

Credit
20% No Score Yet Hack Writer 2002