INTERVIEW: The screenwriter behind the first two "Jurassic Park" films returns after nearly three decades away, and tells ...

It’s been 28 years since David Koepp wrote a screenplay about dinosaurs. As you probably know, Koepp was the screenwriter (along with author Michael Crichton) for Steven Spielberg’s original ...

Man, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and so many more, but he hasn't gained many fans in the process. I set out to figure what makes Koepp's work so popular, yet the man himself almost underrated.

Koepp recalls. From David Fincher’s “Panic Room” (2002) to Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” (2025), he excels at corralling stories into uncluttered, headlong movie narratives.

So begins David Koepp's script to 1993's "Jurassic Park." Like much of Koepp's writing, it's crisply terse and intensely visual. It doesn't tell the director (in this case Steven Spielberg ) where ...

The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp's script to 1993's "Jurassic Park." Like much of Koepp's writing, it's crisply terse and intensely visual.

The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp’s script to 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” Like much of Koepp’s writing, it’s crisply terse and intensely visual.

The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp’s script to 1993’s “Jurassic Park.” Like much of Koepp’s writing, it’s crisply terse and intensely visual.

David Koepp hadn't written a "Jurassic" movie since 1997. When Spielberg asked him to return for "Jurassic World," his only request was to start over.

So begins David Koepp's script to 1993's "Jurassic Park." Like much of Koepp's writing, it's crisply terse and intensely visual. It doesn't tell the director (in this case Steven Spielberg ) where ...