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David Koepp (born June 9, 1963 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin) is an American screenwriter and director. As a writer, he has worked on such blockbuster Hollywood films as Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, and Spider-Man. 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.

David Koepp was reportedly paid $4,000,000 for his Panic Room screenplay. He also created the 2002 television series Hack starring David Morse.

Filmography

Written by:

• Sins of the Round Table (2008)
• Indiana Jones 4 (2008)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• Zathura (2005)
• Secret Window (2004)
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Stir of Echoes (1999)
• Snake Eyes (1998)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• The Trigger Effect (1996)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Suspicious (1994)
• The Shadow (1994)
• The Paper (1994)
• Carlito's Way (1993)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Death Becomes Her (1992)
• Toy Soldiers (1991)
• Bad Influence (1990)
• Apartment Zero (1988)

Directed by:

• Secret Window (2004)
• Suspense (2003) (TV)
• Stir of Echoes (1999)
• The Trigger Effect (1996)
• Suspicious (1994)

Controversial remarks about symbolism in War of the Worlds

In July 2005 Koepp garnered some controversy for remarks he made in an interview that the Martian invaders in War of the Worlds represented the American military, while they randomly killed humans represented Iraqi civilians. [1]

Trivia

• Surname pronounced “Kepp”.
• Has a cameo as the "Unlucky Bastard" in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
• Directed second unit for The Lost World and used some B-roll footage of the cliffhanging sequence in Secret Window.
• Born on the exact same day as Johnny Depp, whose surname rhymes with Koepp's.

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