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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: 589
Seasons active: Season 9 - Present
First short: Playdate with Destiny
Most recent short: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
First episode: "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
Most recent episode: "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"
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[edit]

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
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2009[13] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2010[14] "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
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
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2020[23] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[24] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[25] "Pixelated and Afraid"
2023[26] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won
2024[27] "Night of the Living Wage" Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[28] The Force Awakens from Its Nap Nominated
2022[29] When Billie Met Lisa
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation 2003[30] "Jaws Wired Shut" Nominated
2004[31] "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Won
2007[32] "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Nominated
2008[33] "The Haw-Hawed Couple"
2011[34] "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"
2015[35] "Covercraft"
2016[36] "Sky Police"

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Screenplay by[edit]

Staff writer[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Executive story editor[edit]

Co-producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

Supervising producer[edit]

Co-executive producer[edit]

Executive producer[edit]

Produced by[edit]

Dialogue written by[edit]

Story & dialogue[edit]

Head writer[edit]

Voice direction[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Parody lyrics by[edit]

Interviewee[edit]

References[edit]

  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 Animated Program - 2024"
  28. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  29. Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"
  30. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2003 Awards"
  31. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2004 Awards"
  32. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2007 Awards"
  33. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2008 Awards"
  34. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2011 Awards"
  35. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2015 Awards"
  36. IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2016 Awards"


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