Jack Epps, Jr.

Born 1949 · American screenwriter and educator

Jack Epps Jr. 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 he has since gone on to teach at the University of Southern California.

Jack Epps, Jr., in order

1. 1986 Legal Eagles: wrote · directed by Ivan Reitman · critics 41%, audiences 32% · streaming on YouTube (free)
2. 1986 Top Gun: wrote · directed by Tony Scott · critics 58%, audiences 83% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Pluto TV
3. 1987 The Secret of My Success: wrote · directed by Herbert Ross
4. 1989 Turner & Hooch: wrote · directed by Roger Spottiswoode
5. 1990 Dick Tracy: wrote · directed by Warren Beatty
6. 1997 Anaconda: wrote, produced · directed by Luis Llosa · critics 41%, audiences 24% · streaming on Netflix, Starz
7. 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: wrote · directed by Brian Levant
8. 2022 Top Gun: Maverick: wrote · directed by Joseph Kosinski · critics 96%, audiences 99% · streaming on Netflix, Paramount+