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David Koepp (/kɛp/;[1] born June 9, 1963) is an American filmmaker. Koepp 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]

David Koepp
Koepp in 2022
Born	(1963-06-09) June 9, 1963 (age 59) Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director, film producer
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Jurassic Park Mission: Impossible Spider-Man Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Spouse	Melissa Thomas
Children	4
Awards	Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award for Best Writing Fantastic'Arts Grand Prize

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).

Early life and education

Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to Donald Koepp, who owned a billboard company,[3][4] and a family therapist mother. While attending Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, Wisconsin, he worked evenings and weekends at the McDonald's restaurant in Delafield. He received his bachelor's degree in film from UCLA.

Career

As a writer, Koepp worked on blockbuster Hollywood films such as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, and Spider-Man. He had a cameo appearance as the "Unlucky Bastard", a minor character devoured by a T. rex roaming San Diego in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which he co-wrote and was second unit director of. Although Koepp did not write Jurassic Park III, he did devise the film's basic storyline.[5][6] Koepp later declined an offer to write a script for the series' fourth film, Jurassic World, as he felt he had nothing left to contribute to the series.[7]

Koepp was reportedly paid $4,000,000 for his Panic Room screenplay. He wrote the screenplay for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and co-wrote and directed 2008's Ghost Town starring Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear.

Koepp's work as a director has not had quite the same box office success. His films include Secret Window, Stir of Echoes, and The Trigger Effect.

Koepp has also worked in television, creating the 2002 series Hack starring David Morse.

In 2012, Koepp directed Premium Rush, which he co-wrote with John Kamps.[8] In an August 2011 lawsuit, Joe Quirk, the author of the 1998 novel The Ultimate Rush, accused Koepp and the makers of Premium Rush of copyright infringement.[9] On April 2, 2013, U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg dismissed this case, finding that the two works were not substantially similar.[10]

On February 17, 2013, Koepp received the WGA East's Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement.[11]

On July 10, 2013, Lionsgate was reported to have acquired the comedic crime novel The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery, written by Kyril Bonfiglioli.[12] Koepp directed the film, titled Mortdecai, from a script by Eric Aronson;[13] Johnny Depp played the lead role of Charlie Mortdecai,[14] and the film also featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, and Paul Bettany.[15] Koepp adapted the Marcus Sakey novel Brilliance, which will star Will Smith and Noomi Rapace.[16]

On March 15, 2016, The Walt Disney Company announced a fifth installment of the Indiana Jones saga, with Koepp as its screenwriter.[17][18] By June 2018, Koepp ultimately backed out of the project due to his commitment to You Should Have Left, a horror drama film Koepp wrote and directed.[19] Based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Kehlmann, You Should Have Left was released in 2020, and stars Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.[20][21]

On September 3, 2019, Koepp made his novel debut with the publication of Cold Storage, a science-fiction thriller.[22] Koepp's second novel, Aurora was published on June 7, 2022, and a film adaptation of the book is in development for Netflix, with Koepp writing the script and Kathryn Bigelow directing.[23]

Personal life

Koepp has a wife, Melissa, and four children.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1988	Apartment Zero	No	Yes	Yes	co-wrote with Martin Donovan
1990	Bad Influence	No	Yes	No
	Why Me?	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Donald E. Westlake
	I Come in Peace	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Jonathan Tydor
1991	Toy Soldiers	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Daniel Petrie Jr.
1992	Death Becomes Her	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Martin Donovan
1993	Jurassic Park	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Michael Crichton
	Carlito's Way	No	Yes	No
1994	The Paper	No	Yes	Co-producer	co-wrote with Stephen Koepp
	The Shadow	No	Yes	No
	Suspicious	Yes	Yes	No	Short film
1996	Mission: Impossible	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Robert Towne and Steven Zaillian
	The Trigger Effect	Yes	Yes	No
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	No	Yes	No	Also second unit director and cameo
1998	Snake Eyes	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Brian De Palma
1999	Stir of Echoes	Yes	Yes	No
2002	Panic Room	No	Yes	Yes
	Spider-Man	No	Yes	No
2004	Secret Window	Yes	Yes	No
2005	War of the Worlds	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Josh Friedman
	Zathura: A Space Adventure	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with John Kamps
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson
	Ghost Town	Yes	Yes	No	co-wrote with John Kamps
2009	Angels & Demons	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Akiva Goldsman
2011	The Little Engine That Could	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with John Kamps, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser
2012	Premium Rush	Yes	Yes	No	co-wrote with John Kamps
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Adam Cozad
2015	Mortdecai	Yes	No	No
2016	Inferno	No	Yes	No
2017	The Mummy	No	Yes	No	co-wrote with Christopher McQuarrie and Dylan Kussman
2020	You Should Have Left	Yes	Yes	No
2022	KIMI	No	Yes	Yes
2023	Untitled fifth Indiana Jones film	No	Yes	No	Earlier draft, credit status TBA

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2002	Hack	No	Yes	Creator
2003	Suspense	Yes	No	TV movie

Bibliography

• — (2019). Cold Storage: A Novel. New York: Ecco. ISBN 978-0-06-291643-3. LCCN 2018057661. OCLC 1078435646.
• — (2022). Aurora: A Novel. New York: Harper. ISBN 978-0-06-291647-1.

References

External links

• David Koepp at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] David Koepp

David Koepp (* 9. Juni 1963 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin) ist ein US-amerikanischer Drehbuchautor, Produzent, Regisseur und Autor. Zu seinen bekanntesten Arbeiten gehören die Drehbücher zu Blockbustern wie Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man und Krieg der Welten.

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- [en] David Koepp

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[ru] Кепп, Дэвид

Дэвид Кепп (англ. David Koepp, род. 9 июня 1963, Пеуоки, Висконсин, США) — американский сценарист, режиссёр и продюсер. Известен по созданию сценариев к кассовым фильмам: «Парк Юрского периода», «Миссия невыполнима», «Человек-паук» и других.

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