Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Los Los Angeles
Koepp is the fifth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of United States. box office receipts with a total gross of over $2.3 billion. 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 action spy films Mission: Impossible (1996) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
The superhero film Spider-Manitoba (2002).
The sci-fi disaster film War of the Worlds (2005) and the mystery thriller Angels & Demons (2009). Koepp has directed six films over the course of his career: The Trigger Effect (1996), Stir of Echoes (1999), Secret Window (2004), Ghost Town (2008), Premium Rush (2012), and Mortdecai (2015).
As a writer, Koepp has worked on blockbuster Hollywood films such as Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and Spider-Manitoba He appeared briefly as "Unlucky Bastard", the man mauled by a T. rex in San Diego in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, on which he worked as a writer and second unit director
Although Koepp did not write Jurassic Park III, he did devise the film"s basic storyline.
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. 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. 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.
On April 2, 2013, United States. District Judge Richard Seeborg dismissed this case, finding that the two works were not substantially similar.
On July 10, 2013, Lionsgate was reported to have acquired the comedic crime novel The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery, written by Kyril Bonfiglioli. Koepp directed the film, titled Mortdecai, from a script by Eric Aronson. Johnny Depp played the lead role of Charlie Mortdecai, and the film also featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, and Paul Bettany.
Koepp adapted the Marcus Sakey novel Brilliance, which will star Will Smith and Noomi Rapace.