FILM DIRECTOR

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. Some of his best-known screenplays include the Steven Spielberg-directed 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Koepp has received more than 1,629,392 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). David Koepp is the 1,222nd most popular film director (down from 1,090th in 2019), the 8,091st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,193rd in 2019) and the 307th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, David Koepp ranks 1,222 out of 2,041. Before him are Adam McKay, Arne Sucksdorff, Tom McCarthy, Lee Unkrich, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, and Laura Poitras. After him are Priit Pärn, Sidney Franklin, Gregory Ratoff, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, Doug Liman, and Zoltan Korda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, David Koepp ranks 330. Before him are Fito Páez, Carmen Machi, Vasile Tarlev, Konrad Krajewski, Koichi Wakata, and Lori Petty. After him are Fisher Stevens, Gavin Harrison, Grant Heslov, Hu Chunhua, Stefano Modena, and Amir Ghalenoei.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Koepp ranks 8,091 out of 20,380. Before him are John Torrey (1796), Peggy Wood (1892), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Grace Park (1974), Story Musgrave (1935), and Laura Poitras (1964). After him are Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Marge Champion (1919), Jimmy Hart (1943), Alphonso Taft (1810), Tracy McGrady (1979), and Karen Wetterhahn (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, David Koepp ranks 307. Before him are Stan Brakhage (1933), Walter Murch (1943), Adam McKay (1968), Tom McCarthy (1966), Lee Unkrich (1967), and Laura Poitras (1964). After him are Sidney Franklin (1893), Doug Liman (1965), David Ayer (1968), Tony Gilroy (1956), Sam Simon (1955), and Eric Kripke (1974).

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