David Koepp Filmography

Born:: January 1, 1964 in U.S.A.
Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: The talented, prolific, and in-demand screenwriter David Koepp was the mind behind many of the late-'90s and early-2000s biggest pictures. Writing for directors such as Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Howard, and Brian De Palma, Koepp was responsible for penning some of the highest-grossing...Read More

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The Taking of Pelham 123

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini

Synopsis: Tony Scott directs this remake of the Walter Matthau-starring thriller from 1978 with this Columbia Pictures production that pits a transit cop (Denzel Washington) against a group of hijackers lead by John Travolta, who take over a subway train in order to rake in a hefty ransom. David Koepp (War of the Worlds Read More

1/1/09
Ghost Town

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Dana Ivey

Synopsis: Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear star in director David Koepp's fantasy comedy concerning a dentist who gains the ability to communicate with the dead after momentarily dying during a routine dental surgery. When the dearly departed begin requesting that the dentist act as a point person between the Read More

9/19/08
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Shia LaBeouf, Igor Jijikine

Synopsis: Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer dusts off his hat and trusty whip for yet another globetrotting trek as Indiana Jones returns to the big screen nearly 20 years after racing for the Holy Grail alongside his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Harrison Ford reprises his Read More

5/22/08
Zathura

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, Frank Oz

Synopsis: An old and forgotten game develops magical powers in this fantasy for the whole family. Twelve-year-old Walter Budwing (Josh Hutcherson) and his younger brother, Danny (Jonah Bobo), figure they're going to be in for a boring time when their father (Tim Robbins), who was supposed to spend the day Read More

11/11/05
War of the Worlds

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins

Synopsis: An ordinary man has to protect his children against alien invaders in this science fiction thriller, freely adapted from the classic story by H.G. Wells. Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) is a dockworker living in New Jersey, divorced from his first wife Mary Ann (Miranda Otto) and estranged from his two Read More

6/29/05
Secret Window

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton

Synopsis: From writer/director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes) comes this filmed adaptation of Stephen King's novella Secret Window, Secret Garden, one of four stories in the collection Four Past Midnight. Johnny Depp stars as Mort Rainey, a recently divorced author who decides to take some time off at his Read More

3/12/04
Spider-Man

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson

Synopsis: After incorporating elements of comic book style and design into many of his films, director Sam Raimi helms this straight-ahead, big-budget comic book adaptation, which also marks acclaimed young actor Tobey Maguire's first dip into live-action blockbuster filmmaking. Spider-Man follows the Read More

5/3/02
Panic Room

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart

Synopsis: A well-regarded spec script by A-list screenwriter David Koepp became this stylish thriller from director David Fincher. Jodie Foster stars as Meg Altman, a single mother of an diabetic preteen daughter, Sarah (Kristen Stewart). Meg's going through an unhappy divorce that forces her and Sarah to Read More

3/29/02
Hack [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: David Morse, Matthew Borish, Andre Braugher, George Dzundza, Donna Murphy

Synopsis: Hack was essentially The Equalizer as Cab Driver. The protagonist was divorced, disgraced ex-Philadelphia cop Mike Olshansky (David Morse). At the end of his financial rope, Mike found steady employment as a cabbie, though he was never completely successful in suppressing his strong sense of Read More

2002
Stir of Echoes

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe, Illeana Douglas, Liza Weil, Kevin Dunn

Synopsis: In this supernatural thriller, Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) is a fairly typical working-class guy living in Chicago with his wife Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and his son Jake (Zachary David Cope). One night at a party, Tom gets into a lively discussion with his sister-in-law, Lisa (Illeana Douglas), who Read More

9/10/99
Snake Eyes

Crew: Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino, Stan Shaw

Synopsis: Brian DePalma directed this taut thriller, set in Atlantic City, where a corrupt cop investigates a political assassination. Outside an Atlantic City arena-hotel-casino, a TV news reporter stands in a pre-hurricane storm to report on the heavyweight boxing match about to begin inside. A transition Read More

1998
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Crew: Screenwriter, Second Unit Director

Actors: Richard Attenborough, Vince Vaughn, Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite

Synopsis: Just when you'd think that scientists would realize dinosaurs and humans don't mix, along comes The Lost World: Jurassic Park to prove you wrong. In this sequel, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) summons chaos theorist and onetime colleague Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to his home with some Read More

1997
Mission: Impossible

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno

Synopsis: After he is framed for the death of several colleagues and falsely branded a traitor, a secret agent embarks on a daring scheme to clear his name in this spy adventure. Though it drew its name from the familiar television series, director Brian DePalma's big-budget adaptation shares little more Read More

5/22/96
The Trigger Effect

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Michael Rooker

Synopsis: The film's opening sequence takes the audience inside a mall, where a series of minor slights among strangers leads to an inexorable tension. Eventually, the focus settles on the main characters of The Trigger Effect, Matthew (Kyle MacLachlan) and his wife Annie (Elisabeth Shue). When a massive Read More

1996
Suspicious

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Janeane Garofalo, Michael Rooker, Stephen Blake

1995
The Shadow

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Alec Baldwin, John Lone, Penelope Ann Miller, Peter Boyle, Ian McKellen

Synopsis: A crime fighter created in the 1930s and popularized in movies, pulp novels, and a radio show starring a young Orson Welles, The Shadow came back to life in 1994 in this slick, well-cast production. Alec Baldwin stars as Lamont Cranston, a murderous opium dealer reformed by a Tibetan mystic, who Read More

1994
The Paper

Crew: Co-producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: Director Ron Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the Read More

1994
Jurassic Park

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck

Synopsis: Steven Spielberg's phenomenally successful sci-fi adventure thriller is graced by state-of-the-art special effects from the team of Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and Michael Lantieri from George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic. The film follows two dinosaur experts -- Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) and Read More

1993
Carlito's Way

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John Leguizamo

Synopsis: Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Read More

1993
Death Becomes Her

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini, Ian Ogilvy

Synopsis: High-concept director Robert Zemeckis applies his usual polish -- helped by an equally adept cast -- for this surprisingly gruesome and extremely funny black comedy. The film begins with narcissistic actress Madeline (Meryl Streep) stealing the latest in a series of potential fiancées, wimpy Read More

7/31/92
Toy Soldiers

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett, Jr.

Synopsis: Dead Poets Society and Die Hard bash heads in this action drama set in a Northeastern prep school. The film opens as a crazed Central American terrorist, Luis Cali (Andrew Divoff), goes on a shooting spree, attempting to gain his drug baron father's release from extradition to the United States. Read More

4/26/91
Bad Influence

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Rob Lowe, James Spader, Lisa Zane, Christian Clemenson, Kathleen Wilhoite

Synopsis: Successful LA marketing analyst Michael Boll (James Spader) seemingly has it all-except a sense of self-confidence. Enigmatic drifter Alex (Rob Lowe) enters Michael's life and immediately begins to exert a negative influence. As Michael's self-esteem zooms (aided by generous dollops of sex and Read More

3/9/90
Apartment Zero

Crew: Co-producer, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Colin Firth, Hart Bochner, Dora Bryan, Liz Smith, Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Synopsis: A withdrawn Beunos Aries movie buff develops an unusually charged relationship with his new roommate in this off-beat psychological thriller. Reclusive and demanding, movie theater owner Adrian LeDuc is none too happy when circumstances force him to share his apartment. His outlook begins to Read More

9/15/89