Born in New Bern, North Carolina, 1965, screenwriter KEVIN WILLIAMSON studied theater and film at East Carolina University before moving to New York to pursue an acting career. After landing bit parts on television and the stage, Williamson relocated to Los Angeles to take a stab at writing and directing. He took a day job as an assistant to a music video director and wrote in his spare time.

Recently chosen by Entertainment Weekly as one of the 50 most creative people in Hollywood, I Know What You Did Last Summer is Kevin Williamson's first film following the enormous success of his first produced screenplay, Scream. A native of North Carolina, Williamson set Last Summer in a town close to his boyhood home of Oriental - Southport, an idyllic seaside fishing village. And, unlike the overwhelming majority of films produced today, I Know What You Did Last Summer was actually filmed on location, in Southport, 35 minutes south of Wilmington. Williamson was pleased with the choice: "Southport is this incredible, idealistic place to live. It's the type of environment where the viewer will say, 'God, I wish I lived there.' The film is about a perfect town and four perfect kids - and then their lives go to hell. We wanted people to say, 'How could it happen there?'"

His first script to be sold was Killing Mrs. Tingle, a black comedy that will be produced later this year for Interscope. His next original script, Scream, was inspired by Williamson's childhood fascination with horror movies and became his first produced screenplay. Starring Drew Barrymore, Courteney Cox and Neve Campbell, Scream was both critical and audience favorite.

Williamson has also ventured into the world of television -- he recently signed with Columbia Television to create and produce several series for the upcoming fall season. The first in production is Dawson's Creek for the Warner Bros. network.

Williamson also has a deal with Miramax Films to write, direct and produce several more projects. He will make his directing debut with The Faculty, a sci-fi thriller which he also penned. In addition, he is currently at work on Scream 2.