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My Take
Kevin Williamson is one of the most influential horror writers of my lifetime, and I don't say that lightly. With Scream he made an entire genre self-aware, letting characters narrate the very rules they were trapped inside, and that wink at the audience changed how slashers were written forever. Beyond the scares, what I admire is his range, from the teen dread of I Know What You Did Last Summer to the romantic ache of The Vampire Diaries. Hearing that he is writing and directing Scream 7 excites me, because it feels like the architect returning to inspect his own house. I trust his instincts.
Overview
Kevin Meade Williamson (born March 14, 1965) is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He is known for 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), and writing and directing Scream 7 (2026).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kevin Williamson
- Name (Japanese)
- ケヴィン・ウィリアムソン
- Reading
- けゔぃん・うぃりあむそん
- Born
- March 14, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- New Bern, North Carolina, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / film director / film producer / actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- East Carolina University
Awards & achievements
- Saturn Award for Best Writing
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | I Know What You Did Last Summer | — | |
| Notable work | The Vampire Diaries | — | |
| Notable work | Scream | — | |
| Notable work | Sick | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.