# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-williamson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:53.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-williamson"
name: "Kevin Williamson"
slug: "kevin-williamson"
description: "Kevin Meade Williamson 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). 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)."
tagline: "American screenwriter, director, and producer (born 1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Williamson_2010_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1965-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.22
  momentum:             1.202552113567998
  historical:           22.306896
  currentAttention:     6.4
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "kevwilliamson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932078/"
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    title: "Kevin Williamson"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump