In the 32 years since penning “Jurassic Park,” David Koepp has established himself as one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters ...

Koepp, who also wrote the first two Jurassic Park films, talks about ‘bottle’ movies and working again with Steven Spielberg.

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

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

An eyeball, big, yellowish, distinctly inhuman, stares raptly between wooden slats, part of a large crate. The eye darts from side to side quickly, alert as hell. So begins David Koepp’s script ...