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David Koepp

1963 - Today

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David Koepp (; born June 9, 1963) is an American screenwriter and director. He is the fourth most successful screenwriter of all time in terms of U.S. box office receipts with a total gross of over $2.6 billion. Koepp has achieved both critical and commercial success in a wide variety of genres. He is known for a variety of screenplays, including those of the Steven Spielberg–directed films Jurassic Park (1993), The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), War of the Worlds (2005) and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). David Koepp is the 1,319th most popular film director (down from 1,224th in 2024), the 9,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,087th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Koepp ranks 1,319 out of 2,041. Before him are Bertrand Bonello, Wally Pfister, Guru Dutt, Aleksandr Zarkhi, Douglas Trumbull, and Ismail Merchant. After him are José Padilha, Walter Lassally, Nunnally Johnson, Michel Brault, Kirill Serebrennikov, and Benno von Arent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, David Koepp ranks 380. Before him are Jaime de Marichalar, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Mikhail Yefremov, Rick Allen, Ana Fidelia Quirot, and Anouk Grinberg. After him are Anica Dobra, Dimitar Glavchev, Voro, Pedro Duque, Paul McGuigan, and Roland Nilsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Koepp ranks 9,481 out of 20,380. Before him are George Moscone (1929), Alexis Arquette (1969), Beatrice Hicks (1919), Roland Burris (1937), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Robert Stangland (1881). After him are Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Nestor Serrano (1955), Charley Grapewin (1869), Michael Shermer (1954), Larry Linville (1939), and Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, David Koepp ranks 352. Before him are Julie Taymor (1952), Steve Miner (1951), Roger Allers (1949), Alan Crosland (1894), Wally Pfister (1961), and Douglas Trumbull (1942). After him are Nunnally Johnson (1897), Haskell Wexler (1922), Wesley Ruggles (1889), Howard Zieff (1927), Robert Eggers (1983), and Jon Turteltaub (1963).

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