Kevin Williamson

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Kevin Williamson
  • Birth Name: Kevin Meade Williamson
  • Birth Place: New Bern, NC
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/14/1965, Pisces
  • Profession: Screenwriter; producer; director; actor
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Kevin Williamson Fast Facts:
  • Started out as an actor; landed a small part in the TV soap opera Another World in New York; later moved to L.A. and worked as an assistant to a music video director while writing screenplays.
  • Made a big splash in 1996 with his screenplay for Wes Craven's post-modern horror hit Scream. Also wrote the screenplays for horror flicks I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2 and The Faculty.
  • Earned reputation for being TV's master of teen-angst as creator and executive producer of The WB series Dawson's Creek (1998).
  • Directed his only film to date, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, in 1999.
  • Publicly came out as gay in 1999 around the same time a character on Dawson's Creek also came out.
  • Kevin Williamson Relationships:
  • Wade Williamson - Father
  • Faye Williamson - Mother
  • John Williamson - Brother
  • College:
  • East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (BFA, 1987); attended University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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