Person
Jack Epps Jr.
Writing
Biography
Jack Epps Jr. (born November 3, 1949) is an American screenwriter, author, and educator known chiefly for such popular 1980s films as Top Gun, Legal Eagles, and The Secret of My Success, which he wrote with longtime partner Jim Cash. Epps Jr. graduated from the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University and has since gone on to teach at the University of Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Epps Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Top Gun: Maverick
Characters
Kojak
Writer
Top Gun
Writer
Anaconda
Original Film Writer
Anaconda
Producer
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Story
Dick Tracy
Screenplay
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Screenplay
Turner & Hooch
Screenplay
The Secret of My Success
Screenplay
Filmography
- 2025AnacondaOriginal Film Writer
- 2022Top Gun: MaverickCharacters
- 2018They'll Love Me When I'm DeadThanks
- 2004Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood OrchidStory
- 2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top GunSelf
- 2000The Flintstones in Viva Rock VegasScreenplay
- 1997AnacondaProducer
- 1990Dick TracyScreenplay
- 1989Turner & HoochScreenplay
- 1987The Secret of My SuccessScreenplay
- 1986Legal EaglesScreenplay
- 1986Top GunWriter
- 1984The Pigs vs. The FreaksStory
- 1973KojakWriter
- —Untitled Top Gun 3Characters
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