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David Koepp Born June 9, 1963
Pewaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.Spouse Melissa Thomas David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director.
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Career
As a writer, Koepp has worked on such blockbuster Hollywood films as Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and Spider-Man. Koepp had a cameo as the "Unlucky Bastard" in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, in which he was serving as Writer and Second Unit Director.
His work as a director has not had quite the same box office success; films include Secret Window, Stir of Echoes, and The Trigger Effect. Koepp was reportedly paid $4,000,000 for his Panic Room screenplay. He also created the 2002 television series Hack starring David Morse. 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. In 2012, Koepp directed Premium Rush which he co-wrote with John Kamps.[1] In an August 2011 lawsuit, Joe Quirk, the author of the 1998 novel Ultimate Rush accused Koepp and the makers of Premium Rush of copyright infringement.( http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/us/21bcquirk.html )
Personal life
Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to a family therapist mother and a father who owned a billboard company.[2] 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 in film from UCLA. He has three children and a wife, Melissa.
Filmography
Feature Films
Year Title Contribution Notes 1988 Apartment Zero Writer with Martin Donovan 1990 Bad Influence Writer 1990 I Come in Peace Writer with Jonathan Tydor, John Kamps and Leonard Maas Jr. 1991 Toy Soldiers Writer with Daniel Petrie Jr. 1992 Death Becomes Her Writer with Martin Donovan 1993 Jurassic Park Writer with Michael Crichton 1993 Carlito's Way Writer 1994 The Paper Writer with Stephen Koepp 1994 The Shadow Writer 1996 Mission: Impossible Writer with Robert Towne 1996 The Trigger Effect Writer/Director with Robert Towne 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Writer 1998 Snake Eyes Writer 1999 Stir of Echoes Writer/Director 2002 Panic Room Writer 2002 Spider-Man Writer 2004 Secret Window Writer/Director 2005 Zathura Writer with John Kamps 2005 War of the Worlds Writer with Josh Friedman 2008 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Writer 2008 Ghost Town Writer/Director with John Kamps 2009 Angels & Demons Writer with Akiva Goldsman 2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Writer (uncredited) 2011 The Little Engine That Could Writer 2012 Premium Rush Writer/Director with John Kamps 2012 Men in Black III Writer with Jeff Nathanson and Michael Soccio Short Films
Year Title Contribution Notes 1994 Supisicious Writer/Director Television
Year Title Contribution Notes 2002 Hack (series) Writer (also Series Creator) 2003 Suspense(TV Film) Director References
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (November 11, 2009). "Koepp to helm 'Premium Rush'". Variety (Reed Business Information). http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011200.html?categoryid=13&cs=1. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
- ^ David Koepp Biography (1963-)
External links
Films directed by David Koepp 1990s The Trigger Effect (1996) · Stir of Echoes (1999)2000s Secret Window (2004) · Ghost Town (2008)2010s Premium Rush (2012)
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