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|job= Executive producer<br>Writer
 
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1971|9|9}}
 
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|seasons= [[Season 9]] - Present
 
|first episode= "[[Treehouse of Horror VIII]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Treehouse of Horror VIII]]"
|latest episode="[[The Food Wife]]"
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|latest episode="[[{{Mostrecentep}}]]"
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|first game= ''[[The Simpsons: Road Rage]]''
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|first album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
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'''Matt Selman''' is an American writer who has written several episodes for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Selman was one of eleven writers that worked on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''. He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''.
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'''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!]]''.
  
== Early life ==
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Selman is married to [[Renee Ridgeley]], who is an occasional voice actress for ''The Simpsons''.
Selmen grew up in Waterton, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993 after majoring in history. He was editor in chief of the magazine 34th Street Magazine and had an internship at the Philadelphia.
 
  
== Career ==
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== Awards ==
He co-wrote for a Seinfield episode after sending sample material out for two years. In 1997 he joined the Simpsons and is currently an executive producer.
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[1999]]<ref name="Annie1999">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110210192801/http://annieawards.org/27thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 27th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1999)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production|Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[2007]]<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TB|[[1999]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"}}
 +
{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2000]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
 +
{{TBT|[[2003]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"}}
 +
{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2004]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[The Way We Weren't]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2005]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Future-Drama]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2006]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2006/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2006"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2007]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2008]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|10}}
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{{TB|[[2009]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|9}}
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{{TBT|[[2010]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2011]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2012]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2013]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2015]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2016]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Town]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2018]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Boy]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2019]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Mad About the Toy]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|5}}
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{{TB|[[2020]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TBT|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Pixelated and Afraid]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2023]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2024]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2024/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2024"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|"[[Night of the Living Wage]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
  
He is writing the screenplay for a film adaptation of [[Ricky Gervais]]' Flanimals.
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
 +
{{TB|''[[When Billie Met Lisa]]''}}
  
== Awards ==
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{{TRsT|{{W|Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation}}|7}}
*1999
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{{TB|[[2003]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2003/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2003 Awards"]</ref>}}
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Viva Ned Flanders]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TB|"[[Jaws Wired Shut]]"}}
**Won a Annie for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production for [[Simpsons Bible Stories]] {{c|with Tim Long and Larry Doyle}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
*2000
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{{TBT|[[2004]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2004/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2004 Awards"]</ref>}}
**Won an  Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Behind the Laughter]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TB|"[[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]"}}
*2001
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
**Won an for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[HOMЯ]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TBT|[[2007]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2007/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2007 Awards"]</ref>}}
*2002
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{{TB|"[[Girls Just Want to Have Sums]]"}}
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[She of Little Faith]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|5}}
* 2003
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{{TBT|[[2008]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2008/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2008 Awards"]</ref>}}
**Won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Three Gays of the Condo]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TB|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"}}
** Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for [[Jaws Wired Shut]]
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{{TBT|[[2011]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2011/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2011 Awards"]</ref>}}
* 2004
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{{TB|"[[Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?]]"}}
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[The Way We Weren't]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TBT|[[2015]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2015/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2015 Awards"]</ref>}}
** Won an Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for [[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]
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{{TB|"[[Covercraft]]"}}
* 2005
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{{TBT|[[2016]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2016/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2016 Awards"]</ref>}}
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Future-Drama]] {{c|with other staff}}
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{{TB|"[[Sky Police]]"}}
* 2006
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}}
**Won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]] {{c|with other staff}}
 
* 2007
 
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[The Haw-Hawed Couple]] {{c|with other staff}}
 
** Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for [[Girls Just Want to Have Sums]]
 
* 2008
 
**Nominated for an Annie for Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production for the Simpsons Movie {{c|with James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti}}
 
**Won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]] {{c|with other staff}}
 
** Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for [[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]
 
*2009
 
**Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for [[Gone Maggie Gone]] {{c|with other staff}}
 
** Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series {{c|with other writers}}
 
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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=== Screenplay by ===
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*{{mov}}
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=== Staff writer ===
 
=== Staff writer ===
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|(as Matt 'Death of a' Selman)}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|The Cartridge Family}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|Bart Star}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons}}
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|E4n=as Matt "Death of a" Selman
*{{ep|Lisa the Skeptic}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Realty Bites}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Trash of the Titans}}
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E22=yes
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Story editor ===
 
=== Story editor ===
*{{ep|Das Bus}}
 
*{{ep|The Last Temptation of Krust}}
 
*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
 
*{{ep|This Little Wiggy}}
 
*{{ep|The Trouble with Trillions}}
 
*{{ep|Girly Edition}}
 
*{{ep|King of the Hill}}
 
*{{ep|Lost Our Lisa}}
 
*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
 
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
 
 
=== Writer ===
 
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Bible Stories|(with Tim Long and Larry Doyle)}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Eight Misbehavin'}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Behind the Laughter|(with George Meyer, Tim Long and Mike Scully)}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Tree Hugger}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Trilogy of Error}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Jaws Wired Shut}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
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|E24=yes
*{{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
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*{{ep|Pranksta Rap}}
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*{{ep|Future-Drama}}
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*{{ep|Girls Just Want to Have Sums}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|The Haw-Hawed Couple}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Husbands and Knives}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|That '90s Show}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Bart Gets a "Z"}}
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*{{ep|Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?}}
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{{TC}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe}}
 
*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
 
*{{ep|The Day The Earth Stood Cool}}
 
*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
 
*{{ep|Covercraft}}
 
*{{ep|The Simpsons Movie|(Co-writer)}}
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run|(Co-writer)}}
 
*{{game|The Simpsons Game|(Co-writer)}}
 
 
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=== Executive story editor ===
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX|(as Selmanimal)}}
  
 
=== Co-producer ===
 
=== Co-producer ===
*{{ep|Viva Ned Flanders}}
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=== Producer ===
 
=== Producer ===
*{{ep|Pygmoelian}}
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=== Supervising producer ===
 
=== Supervising producer ===
*{{ep|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes}}
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=== Co-executive producer ===
 
=== Co-executive producer ===
*{{ep|Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade}}
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*{{ep|Large Marge}}
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*{{ep|Moe Baby Blues}}
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*{{ep|Midnight Rx}}
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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{{Season14A|all=yes}}
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{{Season15A|all=yes|E1n=as Matt Skeleton}}
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{{Season16A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n=as Island of Lost Selmans
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
 
=== Executive producer ===
 
=== Executive producer ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|The Seven-Beer Snitch}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
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{{Season16A
*{{ep|The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Jazzy and the Pussycats}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em}}
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|E9=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVII|(as Selman of the Corn)}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Moe'N'a Lisa}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|The Wife Aquatic}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Stop or My Dog Will Shoot}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|24 Minutes}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|The Homer of Seville}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Midnight Towboy}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII|(as Matt Saruman)}}
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{{Season17A|all=yes|E4n=as Matt Wolfman}}
*{{ep|Little Orphan Millie}}
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{{Season18A|all=yes|E4n=as Selman of the Corn}}
*{{ep|Husbands and Knives}}
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{{Season19A|all=yes|E5n=as Matt Saruman}}
*{{ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
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{{Season20A|all=yes|E4n=as "Enter Selman" by Mattallica}}
*{{ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes|E4n=as Bad Smell-Man}}
*{{ep|E Pluribus Wiggum}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes|E4n=as Scary Hat Selman}}
*{{ep|That 90's Show}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes|E3n=as Selmania}}
*{{ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as Humatt Selmanpede}}
*{{ep|The Debarted}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as Spooky Selman Hell Dream}}
*{{ep|Dial "N" for Nerder}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as Monster Mash Selman}}
*{{ep|Smoke on the Daughter}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as The Necromattselmanicon}}
*{{ep|Papa Don't Leech}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as Selman's Lot}}
*{{ep|Apocalypse Cow}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as The Inviselman Man}}
*{{ep|Any Given Sundance}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as Sexy Matt Selman Costume}}
*{{ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as Midselmmar|E8n=as Meat Selman}}
*{{ep|Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as Scaredy-Matt Selman}}
*{{ep|Lost Verizon}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as Matt We Do in the Selmans}}
*{{ep|Double, Double, Boy in Trouble}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as Padded Cellman}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|(as 'Enter Selman' by Mattallica)}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as Stay Puft Mattselman Man}}
*{{ep|Dangerous Curves}}
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{{Season36A|all=yes|E5n=as Matt Follows}}
*{{ep|Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words}}
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{{SpecialsA
*{{ep|MyPods and Boomsticks}}
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|PotC=yes
*{{ep|The Burns and the Bees}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Drama Queen}}
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{{TC}}
*{{ep|Take My Life, Please}}
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}}
*{{ep|How the Test Was Won}}
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*{{ep|No Loan Again, Naturally}}
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=== Produced by ===
*{{ep|Gone Maggie Gone}}
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{{Scroll|
*{{ep|In the Name of the Grandfather}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Wedding for Disaster}}
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{{SpecialsA
*{{ep|Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe}}
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|Playdate=yes
*{{ep|The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly}}
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|StarWars=yes
*{{ep|Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh}}
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|Marvel=yes
*{{ep|Four Great Women and a Manicure}}
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|Plus=yes
*{{ep|Coming to Homerica}}
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|Billie=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Whopper}}
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|WelcomeClub=yes
*{{ep|Bart Gets a "Z"}}
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|Feliz=yes
*{{ep|The Great Wife Hope}}
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|RogueOne=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XX|(as Bad Smell-Man)}}
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|May12th=yes
*{{ep|The Devil Wears Nada}}
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|TMWTOTY=yes
*{{ep|Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI|(as Scary Hat Selman)}}
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{{TC}}
*{{ep|The Great Simpsina}}
 
*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}}
 
*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
 
*{{ep|Beware My Cheating Bart}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
=== Showrunner ===
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=== Dialogue written by ===
*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Road Rage}}
*{{ep|The Book Job}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Skateboarding}}
*{{ep|A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again}}
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*{{ep|The Day The Earth Stood Cool}}
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=== Story & dialogue ===
*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons: Hit & Run}}
*{{ep|The Saga of Carl}}
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*{{ep|Steal This Episode}}
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=== Head writer ===
*{{ep|The War of Art}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
*{{ep|Brick Like Me}}
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*{{ep|The Wreck of the Relationship}}
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=== Voice direction ===
*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
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*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
*{{ep|Covercraft}}
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=== For The Simpsons ===
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
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*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
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=== Parody lyrics by ===
 +
*{{alb|The Simpsons Movie: The Music|("{{ap|Spider Pig|song}}")}}
  
 
=== Interviewee ===
 
=== Interviewee ===
 
*{{spec|The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!}}
 
*{{spec|The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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== See also ==
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*{{Showrun}}
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*{{Written by}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0783468/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0783468/}}
 
*{{Wikipedialink}}
 
*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{MobyGames|97889}}
 
*{{twitterpage|mattselman}}
 
*{{twitterpage|mattselman}}
  
 
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[[Category:The Simpsons: Tapped Out writers]]
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[[Category:The Simpsons Movie: The Music crew]]
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Latest revision as of 15:34, November 5, 2024

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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