David Koepp

At 61 years old, David Koepp has this physical status:

David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and film producer.

With a total gross of over $2.3 billion, Koepp has become the ninth most influential screenwriter of all time in terms of US box office receipts: thriller, science fiction, romance, adventure, and fantasy. Some of his best known films include Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); the action spy film War of the Worlds (2004); and the mystery thriller Angels & Demons (2009).

Over the course of his career, Koepp has produced seven feature films: The Trigger Effect (1996), Stir of Echoes (1999), Ghost Town (2008), Premium Rush (2012), Mortdecai (2015), and You Should Have Left (2019).

Early life and education

Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to Donald Koepp, who owned a billboard business, and a family therapist mother. He worked nights and weekends at the McDonald's restaurant in Delafield while attending Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, Wisconsin. He obtained his bachelor's degree in film from UCLA.

Personal life

Melissa, Koepp's wife, has four children and two others.

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Career

Koepp spent time as a writer on blockbuster Hollywood films, including Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, and Spider-Man. In The Lost World: Jurassic Park, he co-wrote and was second unit director, he made a cameo appearance as the "Unlucky Bastard," a minor character devoured by a T. rex roaming San Diego. Though Koepp did not write Jurassic Park III, he did develop the film's basic plotline. Later, Koepp turned down a call to write a script for the series's fourth film, Jurassic World, because he felt he had nothing left to contribute to the movie.

According to reports, Koepp was paid $4 million for his Panic Room screenplay. Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear co-wrote and directed 2008's Ghost Town, Stephen Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Koepp's time as a director hasn't had much success in the box office. Secret Window, Stir of Echoes, and The Trigger Effect are among his films.

Koepp has also worked in television, co-producing the 2002 film Hack starring David Morse.

In 2012, Koepp directed Premium Rush, which he co-wrote with John Kamps. Joe Quirk, the author of the 1998 novel The Ultimate Rush, accused Koepp and the makers of Premium Rush of copyright theft in a lawsuit in August 2011. This lawsuit was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg on April 2, 2013, finding that the two cases were not substantially similar.

The WGA East's Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Professional Achievement was given to Koepp on February 17, 2013.

Lionsgate was reported to have purchased the Comedic crime book The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery, written by Kyril Bonfiglioli, on July 10, 2013. From a script by Eric Aronson, Koepp directed the film Mortdecai; Johnny Depp played Charlie Mortdecai, and Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, and Paul Bettany appeared in the film. Brilliance, a Marcus Sakey book, was adapted by Koepp, which will stars Will Smith and Noomi Rapace.

The Walt Disney Company unveiled a fifth installment of the Indiana Jones story on March 15, 2016, with Koepp as the screenwriter. Koepp pulled out of the project early in June 2018 due to his dedication to You Should Have Left, a horror drama written and directed by Koepp. You Should Have Left was published in 2020, based on Daniel Kehlmann's book The same name as the novel You Should Have Left was based on the name of the same author, Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.

Koepp's debut with the release of Cold Storage, a science-fiction thriller, on September 3, 2019. Aurora, Koepp's second book, was released on June 7, 2022, and Netflix's film version of the book is in production, with Koepp writing the script and Kathryn Bigelow directing.

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