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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.
Filmography12 titles

Top Gun: Maverick
2022Characters
2022Characters

Kojak
1973Writer
1973Writer

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018Thanks
2018Thanks

Top Gun
1986Writer
1986Writer

The Secret of My Success
1987Screenplay
1987Screenplay

Turner & Hooch
1989Screenplay
1989Screenplay

Dick Tracy
1990Screenplay
1990Screenplay

Legal Eagles
1986Screenplay
1986Screenplay

Anaconda
2025Original Film Writer
2025Original Film Writer

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
2004Story
2004Story

Anaconda
1997Producer, Writer
1997Producer, Writer

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000Screenplay
2000Screenplay