Pilot (The Vampire Diaries)
"Pilot" is the pilot episode of The CW television series, "The Vampire Diaries", as well as the first episode of the series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The teleplay was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and it directed by Marcos Siega.
Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)
In 2018, Williamson created "Tell Me A Story", a psychological thriller based on the Mexican television series Érase una vez, who takes "the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. The pilot was also directed by Friedlander (who also directed episodes of "The Vampire Diaries", "The Following" and "Stalker" for Williamson) and starred James Wolk, Billy Magnussen, Dania Ramirez, Kim Cattrall, Danielle Campbell and Paul Wesley. The latter was one of the main actors in Williamson's previous show, "The Vampire Diaires". The show began airing on CBS All Access in October 31, 2018.