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Matt Selman
Matt Selman.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Executive producer
Writer
Birth date: September 9, 1971 (1971-09-09) (age 53)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 587
Seasons active: Season 9 - Present
First short: Playdate with Destiny
Most recent short: May the 12th Be with You
First episode: "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
Most recent episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
First game: The Simpsons: Road Rage
Most recent game: The Simpsons Game
First album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Matt Selman (born September 9, 1971) is an American writer and producer. He currently serves as a writer, executive producer, and showrunner for The Simpsons and previously served as a staff writer, story editor, producer, supervising producer, and co-executive producer. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.

Selman is married to Renee Ridgeley, who is an occasional voice actress for The Simpsons.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production 1999[1] "Simpsons Bible Stories" Won
Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production 2007[2] The Simpsons Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1999[3] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated
2000[4] "Behind the Laughter" Won
2001[5] "HOMЯ"
2002[6] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
2003[7] "Three Gays of the Condo" Won
2004[8] "The Way We Weren't" Nominated
2005[9] "Future-Drama"
2006[10] "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Won
2007[11] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Nominated
2008[12] "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Won
2009[13] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2010[14] "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2011[15] "Angry Dad: The Movie"
2012[16] "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013[17] "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
2015[18] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2016[19] "Halloween of Horror"
2017[20] "The Town"
2018[21] "Gone Boy"
2019[22] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[23] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[24] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[25] "Pixelated and Afraid"
2023[26] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[27] The Force Awakens from Its Nap Nominated
2022[28] When Billie Met Lisa
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation 2003[29] "Jaws Wired Shut" Nominated
2004[30] "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Won
2007[31] "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Nominated
2008[32] "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
2011[33] "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"
2015[34] "Covercraft"
2016[35] "Sky Police"

Credits

Written by

Screenplay by

Staff writer

Story editor

Executive story editor

Co-producer

Producer

Supervising producer

Co-executive producer

Executive producer

Produced by

Dialogue written by

Story & dialogue

Head writer

Voice direction

For The Simpsons

Parody lyrics by

Interviewee

References

  1. The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 27th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1999)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  2. The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"
  4. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"
  5. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  6. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  7. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"
  8. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"
  9. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"
  10. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"
  11. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"
  12. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"
  13. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"
  14. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"
  15. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"
  16. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"
  17. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"
  18. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"
  19. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"
  20. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"
  21. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"
  22. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"
  23. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"
  24. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"
  25. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"
  26. Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"
  27. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  28. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"
  29. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2003 Awards"
  30. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2004 Awards"
  31. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2007 Awards"
  32. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2008 Awards"
  33. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2011 Awards"
  34. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2015 Awards"
  35. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2016 Awards"


See also

External links