FILM DIRECTOR

Kevin Williamson

1965 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kevin Williamson has received more than 38,033 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Kevin Williamson is the 1,517th most popular film director (down from 1,367th in 2019), the 10,757th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,871st in 2019) and the 420th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 38k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kevin Williamsons by language

Over the past year Kevin Williamson has had the most page views in the with 12,844 views, followed by Russian (12,654), and Spanish (12,407). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (78.34%), Armenian (74.57%), and Finnish (31.61%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kevin Williamson ranks 1,517 out of 2,041. Before him are Ron Underwood, Nikolay Akimov, Norman Z. McLeod, John McNaughton, Roger Michell, and Fernando Colomo. After him are Len Wiseman, Robin Campillo, Jan Svěrák, Roger Avary, Raoul Peck, and Frank Perry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, Kevin Williamson ranks 414. Before him are Ron Eldard, Leonel Álvarez, Marjan Mrmić, Cheryl Hines, Aykut Kocaman, and Danny Boffin. After him are Jan Svěrák, Tracy Letts, Takeshi Kusao, Hassan Nader, Roger Avary, and Vincent Guérin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin Williamson ranks 10,757 out of 20,380. Before him are Genevieve Cortese (1981), Richard Bassett (1745), Vanessa Ferlito (1980), Alice White (1904), Cynthia Ozick (1928), and Lewis Black (1948). After him are Virgil Jacomini (1899), Marley Shelton (1974), Len Wiseman (1973), Elena Kagan (1960), Enrique Peñalosa (1954), and Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Kevin Williamson ranks 420. Before him are Ward Kimball (1914), F. Gary Gray (1969), Ted Demme (1963), Ron Underwood (1953), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), and John McNaughton (1950). After him are Len Wiseman (1973), Frank Perry (1930), Steven Lisberger (1951), Dick Richards (1936), Martha Coolidge (1946), and Tom McGrath (1964).

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Filmography

Scream
Director
After a series of mysterious deaths befalls their small town, an offbeat group of friends led by Sidney Prescott become the target of a masked killer.
Dec 20o 19967.423 / 10
The Vampire Diaries
Director
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.
8.338 / 10
Scream 2
Director
Away at college, Sidney Prescott 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.
Dec 12o 19976.491 / 10