Kevin Williamson

Kevin Meade Williamson (born March 14, 1965) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is known for writing the scripts of the films Scream, which was the beginning of the Scream series, Scream 2 and Scream 4, and for writing and directing the film Scream 7. He is also known as the creator of the teen drama series Dawson's Creek on the WB, the supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries on the CW, the crime thriller series The Following on Fox, and the thriller series Tell Me a Story on CBS All Access.

Williamson also wrote the screenplays for the films I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Cursed and Sick. Teaching Mrs. is a black comedy movie. He started his directorial career with Tingle.