David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director.
Biography
Career
As a writer, Koepp has worked on such blockbuster Hollywood films as Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and Spider-Man. He did an uncredited rewrite of the screenplay to Men in Black after being requested by Steven Spielberg to do one. He was asked to write the screenplay for Men in Black II, but declined because of his work on the screenplay to Spider-Man. Koepp had a cameo as the "Unlucky Bastard" in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which is also served as 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 has recently written the screenplay for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and has co-written and directed Ghost Town starring Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear for release in 2008.
Personal life
Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, to a family therapist mother and a father who owned a billboard company.[1] He has two brothers named Stephen Koepp and Jeff Koepp, and one sister, Cathy Maki. His wife is Melissa Thomas. While attending Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI, he worked evenings and weekends at the McDonald's restaurant in Delafield, Wisconsin. He received his bachelor's in film from UCLA.
Filmography
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