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Matthew Selman

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Executive producer Writer Status: Active Number of episodes: 477 Seasons active: Season 9 - Present First episode: "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day" 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 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!. He is also one of the writers of The Simpsons: Tapped Out's dialogues.

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

Early life

Selman 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

Written by

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 – "Lard of the Dance"
• Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
• Episode – "Bart the Mother"
• Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Executive story editor

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" (as Selmanimal)

Co-producer

Producer

Supervising producer

Co-executive producer

Executive producer

Dialogue written by

• Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage
• Video game – The Simpsons Skateboarding

Story & dialogue

• Video game – The Simpsons: Hit & Run

Head writer

• Video game – The Simpsons Game

Voice direction

• Video game – The Simpsons Game

For The Simpsons

• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

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 MobyGames
• Matt Selman at Twitter