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Kevin Williamson

Screenwriter / Film Director / Film Producer / Actor / Showrunner / Television Producer | * 03/14/1965 (59) | New Bern, North Carolina
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Kevin Meade Williamson (born March 14, 1965) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is known for developing and writing the screenplay for the slasher film Scream (1996)—which launched the Scream franchise—along with those for Scream 2 (1997) and Scream 4 (2011). He is also known for creating the WB teen drama series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), the CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017), the Fox crime thriller series The Following (2013–2015) and the CBS All Access thriller series Tell Me a Story (2018–2020). Williamson also wrote the screenplays for the films ()
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Kevin Meade Williamson (born March 14, 1965) is an American screenwriter, filmmaker, and actor, best known as the creator of the TV series Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), The Vampire Diaries (2009–present), The Following (2013–2015) and Stalker (2014–2015). He is also widely known for developing and writing the screenplay for the slasher film Scream, as well as its sequels Scream 2 and Scream 4. He also wrote the screenplay for the films I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Teaching Mrs. Tingle (which he also directed), and Cursed.

Most frequent genres for this person: Horror | Drama | Mystery

Known for these Movies & Shows

After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends become the target of a masked killer. ...

Scream

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1996 | 3.7/5 | 1h 52min
Crime, Horror, Mystery
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Away at college, Sidney thought she'd finally put the shocking murders that shattered her life behind her... until a copycat killer begins acting out a real-life sequel. ...

Scream 2

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1997 | 3.2/5 | 2h
Horror, Mystery
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The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864. ...

The Vampire Diaries

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2009 | 4.2/5 | 43min per episode
Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former ag ...

The Following

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2013 | 3.4/5 | 43min per episode
Crime, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Kevin Williamson

Saturn Award for Best Writing
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Movies with Kevin Williamson as Actor(4)

as Party Guest (voice) (uncredited)2022 Scream
as himself2011 Scream: The Inside Story
as Cotton's Interviewer1997 Scream 2
as Haker1995 Hot Ticket

TV Shows/Series with Kevin Williamson as Actor(2)

as himself2018 Eli Roth's History of Horror
as himself2013 The Following

Movies with Kevin Williamson as Crew(28)

Production/Producer2024 The Georgetown Project
Production/Executive Producer2023 Scream VI
Writing/Characters2023 Scream VI
Writing/Characters2023 Scream 7
Production/Executive Producer2023 Scream 7
Production/Executive Producer2022 Scream
Writing/Characters2022 Scream
Production/Producer2022 Sick
Writing/Writer2022 Sick
Writing/Characters2012 Scream: Generations
Production/Producer2011 Scream 4
Writing/Screenplay2011 Scream 4
Writing/Characters2011 Scream 4
Writing/Characters2011 Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Production/Producer2005 Cursed
Writing/Screenplay2005 Cursed
Production/Producer2005 Venom
Production/Producer2000 Scream 3
Writing/Characters2000 Scream 3
Directing/Director1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Writing/Screenplay1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Writing/Screenplay1998 The Faculty
Production/Co-Executive Producer1998 Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Production/Executive Producer1997 Scream 2
Writing/Screenplay1997 Scream 2
Writing/Characters1997 Scream 2
Writing/Screenplay1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer
Writing/Screenplay1996 Scream

TV Shows/Series with Kevin Williamson as Crew(30)

Writing/Characters2022 Pages of the Cult
Writing/Writer2018 Tell Me a Story
Crew/Creator2018 Tell Me a Story
Production/Executive Producer2018 Tell Me a Story
Creator/Creator2018 Tell Me a Story
Writing/Writer2017 Time After Time
Creator/Creator2017 Time After Time
Writing/Story2015 Scream: The TV Series
Writing/Writer2014 Stalker
Production/Executive Producer2014 Stalker
Creator/Creator2014 Stalker
Writing/Teleplay2013 The Following
Writing/Writer2013 The Following
Production/Executive Producer2013 The Following
Writing/Story2013 The Following
Creator/Creator2013 The Following
Writing/Writer2011 The Secret Circle
Production/Producer2011 The Secret Circle
Production/Executive Producer2009 The Vampire Diaries
Writing/Writer2009 The Vampire Diaries
Writing/Teleplay2009 The Vampire Diaries
Creator/Creator2009 The Vampire Diaries
Production/Producer2007 Hidden Palms
Writing/Writer2007 Hidden Palms
Creator/Creator2007 Hidden Palms
Writing/Writer1999 Wasteland
Creator/Creator1999 Wasteland
Writing/Writer1998 Dawson's Creek
Production/Producer1998 Dawson's Creek
Creator/Creator1998 Dawson's Creek

Full Name: Kevin Williamson
Born: Sunday, 03/14 1965 (March) in New Bern, North Carolina (current age: 59 years + 37 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: East Carolina University
Member of: Writers Guild of America, West
Other names for Kevin Williamson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)"
Kevin Williamson frequently works together with these people:
Wes Craven (12x, Crew)
Marco Beltrami (10x, Crew)
Bob Weinstein (10x, Crew)
Marianne Maddalena (10x, Crew)
Harvey Weinstein (9x, Crew)
Cathy Konrad (9x, Crew)
Lisa Beach (9x, Crew)
Courteney Cox (8x, Actress)
Patrick Lussier (8x, Crew)
Nicholas Mastandrea (8x, Crew)
Roger Jackson (8x, Actor)
Brett Matthews (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8441, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024