1. David Koepp is an American screenwriter and director.
18 Facts About David Koepp
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David Koepp has directed seven feature films over the course of his career: The Trigger Effect, Stir of Echoes, Secret Window, Ghost Town, Premium Rush, Mortdecai, and You Should Have Left.
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David Koepp was born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin as the youngest of four children, to Donald David Koepp, who owned a billboard company, and a family therapist mother.
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David Koepp graduated with a bachelor's degree in film from UCLA in 1990.
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David 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.
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David Koepp was reportedly paid $4,000,000 for his Panic Room screenplay.
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David Koepp wrote the screenplay for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for Spielberg and George Lucas and co-wrote and directed 2008's Ghost Town starring Ricky Gervais and Greg Kinnear.
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David Koepp's films include Secret Window, Stir of Echoes, and The Trigger Effect.
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In 2012, David Koepp directed Premium Rush, which he co-wrote with John Kamps.
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On February 17,2013, David Koepp received the WGA East's Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement.
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David Koepp directed the film, titled Mortdecai, from a script by Eric Aronson; Johnny Depp played the lead role of Charlie Mortdecai, and the film featured Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, and Paul Bettany.
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David Koepp adapted the Marcus Sakey novel Brilliance, which will star Will Smith and Noomi Rapace.
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On September 3,2019, David Koepp made his novel debut with the publication of Cold Storage, a science-fiction thriller.
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On December 10,2020, Amasia Entertainment and Universal Pictures announced David Koepp had been tapped to write the script for a reboot of the Green Hornet franchise titled The Green Hornet and Kato.
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On February 25,2021, it was announced David Koepp would write and co-produce the thriller Kimi, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Zoe Kravitz.
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In December 2023, it was announced that David Koepp had written the screenplay for the psychological thriller film Presence, which was directed by Soderbergh and premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
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David Koepp is married to Melissa Thomas, a writer, with whom he has two children.
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David Koepp was previously married to artist Rosario Varela, with whom he has two children.