Koepp, David 1963–

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KOEPP, David 1963–

PERSONAL

Born June 9, 1963 (one source cites 1964), in Pewaukee, WI; father, owner of billboard company, and mother, a family therapist; married Rosario Varela; children: Benjamin David and another child. Education: Attended University of Wisconsin; University of California, Los Angeles, degree in film.

Addresses: Agent— United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212; c/o Endeavor Agency, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Office— 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608.

Career: Screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. Universal Pictures, in–house contract writer, c. 1991–93.

Awards, Honors: Saturn Award (with Michael Crichton), best writing, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, Bram Stoker Award nomination (with Crichton), other media, both 1994, for Jurassic Park; Grand Prize, Gerardmer Film Festival, 2000, for Stir of Echoes.

CREDITS

Film Director:

Suspicious (short film), 1994.

The Trigger Effect, Universal, 1995.

Stir of Echoes, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Film Work:

(With Martin Donovan) Coproducer, Apartment Zero (also known as Conviviendo con la muerte ), Skouras, 1989.

Coproducer, The Paper, Universal, 1994.

Second unit director, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Universal, 1997.

Producer, Panic Room, Columbia, 2002.

Film Appearances:

Unlucky bastard, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Universal, 1997.

Voice of annoyed sports radio host, Big Trouble, Buena Vista, 2002.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Hack, CBS, 2002.

Executive producer and director, Suspense, NBC, 2003.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer and creator, Hack, CBS, 2002.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Exposure, NBC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Interviewee, Kevin Bacon: Am I Me?, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(With Martin Donovan) Apartment Zero (also known as Conviviendo con la muerte ), Skouras, 1989.

Bad Influence, Triumph, 1990.

(With Daniel Petrie, Jr.) Toy Soldiers (adapted from the novel by William P. Kennedy), TriStar, 1991.

(With Donovan) Death Becomes Her (also known as La muerte la sienta bien ), Universal, 1992.

(With Crichton) Jurassic Park (adapted from Crichton's novel), Universal, 1993.
Carlito's Way (adapted from the novels Carlito's Way and After Hours by Edwin Torres), Universal, 1993.

The Shadow (adapted from the weekly radio series of the same title), Universal, 1994.

(With brother, Stephen Koepp) The Paper, Universal, 1994.

Suspicious (short film), 1994.

The Trigger Effect, Universal, 1995.

Mission: Impossible, Paramount, 1996.

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Universal, 1997.

(Uncredited) Men in Black (also known as MIB ), Columbia/TriStar, 1997.

Snake Eyes, Paramount, 1998.

Stir of Echoes, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Mr. Hughes, 2000.

Spider–Man, Sony Pictures, 2002.

Panic Room, Columbia, 2002.