Matt Selman

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

Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" (with Tim Long and Larry Doyle) Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain" Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'" Episode – "Behind the Laughter" (with George Meyer, Tim Long and Mike Scully) Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales" Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Pranksta Rap" Episode – "Future-Drama" Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Episode – "Husbands and Knives" Episode – "That '90s Show" Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" Episode – "Flaming Moe" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "The Day The Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa" Episode – "Covercraft" Episode – "The Simpsons Movie" (Co-writer) – The Simpsons Movie Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run (Co-writer) Video game – The Simpsons Game (Co-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

Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch" Episode – "Home Away from Homer" Episode – "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (as Selman of the Corn) Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa" Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" Episode – "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Episode – "The Wife Aquatic" Episode – "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot" Episode – "24 Minutes" Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" Episode – "The Homer of Seville" Episode – "Midnight Towboy" Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" (as Matt Saruman) Episode – "Little Orphan Millie" Episode – "Husbands and Knives" Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Episode – "E Pluribus Wiggum" Episode – "That 90's Show" Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" Episode – "The Debarted" Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder" Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" Episode – "Papa Don't Leech" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Any Given Sundance" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (as 'Enter Selman' by Mattallica) Episode – "Dangerous Curves" Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Episode – "MyPods and Boomsticks" Episode – "The Burns and the Bees" Episode – "Lisa the Drama Queen" Episode – "Take My Life, Please" Episode – "How the Test Was Won" Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally" Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone" Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" Episode – "Wedding for Disaster" Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" Episode – "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" Episode – "Four Great Women and a Manicure" Episode – "Coming to Homerica" Episode – "Homer the Whopper" Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" Episode – "The Great Wife Hope" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" (as Bad Smell-Man) Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (as Scary Hat Selman) Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart"

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

Showrunners
James L. Brooks • Matt Groening • Al Jean • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein
Co-showrunners
Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

Current executive producers James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon* Former executive producers David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein Other executive producers Scot Amos • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Leigh Kelly • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb Current co-executive producers J. Stewart Burns • Dan Castellaneta • Joel H. Cohen • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former co-executive producers Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore Other co-executive producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener

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

Host Morgan Spurlock Cast and crew Hank Azaria • Brad Bird • James L. Brooks • Nancy Cartwright • Dan Castellaneta • Dana Gould • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Julie Kavner • David Mirkin • Conan O'Brien • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • David Silverman • Sam Simon • Yeardley Smith • Matt Warburton Guest stars Hugh Hefner • Mike Judge • Joe Mantegna • Dan Rather • Jerry Springer • Sting • Tracey Ullman • John Waters Opening music montage Bellowhead • Chicha Libre • Jimmy Fallon • Flea • Eric Fraser • Sameer Gupta • Adam Lintz • Neel Murgai • The Bill Murray Experience • O.A.R. • People Under the Stairs (Double K • Thes One) • The Roots • Michael Sherman • Jonathan Stein • Andrew W.K. • ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons • Dusty Hill) Interviewees Noel Bankhead* • Bruce Bryant • George H. W. Bush* • Liz Cameron • Scott Choate • David Cross • William Anthony Donohue* • Ariel Filosa • Bjarni Gautur* • Paula Gobbi • Paul Halpern • Marc Horne • Jensen • Jimmy Kimmel • Seth MacFarlane • Mark McGhee • Seth Meyers • Moby • Rusty Nails • Gavin Newsom • Trey Parker • J. Scott Peterson • Kenneth Pogson • Lucas Pouyau • Rashad Robinson • Chad Rowland • Matt Stone • Richard Sumrall • Ruth Westheimer* • Jeremy Wilcox* • Andrena Williams • Brian Williams • Glynne Williams