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Matthew Selman

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Executive producer Writer Status: Active Number of episodes: 104 First episode: "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Most recent episode: "The Food Wife"

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!.

Early life

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

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.

He is writing the screenplay for a film adaptation of Ricky Gervais' Flanimals.

Awards

• 1999
  • Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for Viva Ned Flanders (with other staff)
  • Won a Annie for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production for Simpsons Bible Stories (with Tim Long and Larry Doyle)
• 2000
  • Won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for Behind the Laughter (with other staff)
• 2001
  • Won an for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for HOMЯ (with other staff)
• 2002
  • Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for She of Little Faith (with other staff)
• 2003
  • Won the Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for Three Gays of the Condo (with other staff)
  • Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for Jaws Wired Shut
• 2004
  • Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for The Way We Weren't (with other staff)
  • Won an Writers Guild of America Award for Animation for The Dad Who Knew Too Little
• 2005
  • Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for Future-Drama (with other staff)
• 2006
  • Won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for The Seemingly Never-Ending Story (with other staff)
• 2007
  • Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for The Haw-Hawed Couple (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 (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 (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 (with other staff)
  • Nominated for Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series (with other writers)

Credits

Staff writer

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Matt 'Death of a' Selman)
• Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
• Episode – "Bart Star"
• Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
• Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
• Episode – "Realty Bites"
• Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
• Episode – "Bart Carny"
• Episode – "Trash of the Titans"

Story editor

• Episode – "Das Bus"
• Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
• Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
• Episode – "This Little Wiggy"
• Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions"
• Episode – "Girly Edition"
• Episode – "King of the Hill"
• Episode – "Lost Our Lisa"
• Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"
• Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Writer

Co-producer

• Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders"

Producer

• Episode – "Pygmoelian"
• Episode – "Behind the Laughter"

Supervising producer

• Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"

Co-executive producer

• Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade"
• Episode – "Large Marge"
• Episode – "Moe Baby Blues"
• Episode – "The Bart of War"
• Episode – "Midnight Rx"

Executive producer

Showrunner

• Episode – "The Food Wife"
• Episode – "The Book Job"
• Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"
• {{ep|The Day The Earth Stood Cool
• Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa"
• Episode – "The Saga of Carl"
• Episode – "Steal This Episode"
• Episode – "The War of Art"
• Episode – "Brick Like Me"
• Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship"
• Episode – "Opposites A-Frack"
• Episode – "Covercraft"

Interviewee

• Special – The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!

External links

• Matt Selman at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt Selman at Wikipedia
• Matt Selman at Twitter