David Koepp

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Bertram Pincus, is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.

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Ghost Town (2008)

David Koepp is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for writing Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and Panic Room directed by David Fincher, and the screenplay adaptations of Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (both written by Michael Crichton). He also directed You Should Have Left starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.

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Awards
- 3 wins & 13 nominations total

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Known for

Jurassic Park

8.2

Writer

1993

Stir of Echoes

6.9

Writer

1999

Mission: Impossible

7.2

Writer

1996

Ghost Town

6.7

Writer

2008

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Writer

Black Bag
6.8
- written by
- 2025
Presence
6.1
- written by
- 2024
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
6.5
- written by
- 2023
Kimi
6.3
- written by
- 2022
You Should Have Left
5.4
- written for the screen by
- 2020
The Mummy
5.4
- screenplay by
- 2017
Inferno
6.2
- screenplay by
- 2016
Lego Jurassic World
7.8
Video Game
- original film screenplay by
- 2015
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
6.2
- written by
- 2014
Premium Rush
6.5
- written by
- 2012
The Little Engine That Could
5.6
- screen story by
- screenplay by
- 2011
Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
7.1
Video Game
- original film screenplay by
- 2009
Angels & Demons
6.7
- screenplay
- 2009
Ghost Town
6.7
- written by
- 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
6.2
- screenplay
- 2008

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Alternative names
- Dave Koepp
Height
- 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
Born
- June 9, 1963
- Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Spouse
- Melissa Thomas
Other works
Was an uncredited screenwriter for Men in Black (1997).
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- 6 Interviews

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Trivia
In an interview, he claimed that one of the things that inspired him to write movies was the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark in which the buildup for a bull whip and scimitar fight ends up with Indy shooting the swordsman. Ironically, this scene was not conceived by the writer, but was the result of an offhand remark during shooting.

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[on Frank Darabont's rejected screenplay for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)] I've never actually met Frank Darabont, but I hear he's a lovely guy. Just for the record, the Indiana Jones jumping into the fridge bit is in the Darabont script. And I loved it, which is why I pushed it into the movie! I thought it was a great idea![Jan.2015]