Matt Selman
Born
September 9, 1971 (1971-09-09 ) (age 50) Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Cast status
Current executive producer
Relatives
Renee Ridgeley (wife) 2 daughters
Matt Selman (born September 9, 1971 in Watertown, Massachusetts) is an American writer who has written several episodes for The Simpsons . Selman was one of eleven writers that worked on The Simpsons Movie .
Early Life
Selman grew up in Watertown, 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 Seinfeld 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 's Flanimals.
As of 2020, Matt Selman and Al Jean are the current showrunner for The Simpsons .
Awards
1999
2000
2001
Won an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for HOMЯ (with other staff)
2002
2003
2004
2005
Nominated for Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for Future-Drama (with other staff)
2006
2007
2008
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
Writer (1998-present)
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers " (5F18)
Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories " with Larry Doyle and Tim Long (AABF14)
Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain " (AABF18)
Episode – "Eight Misbehavin' " (BABF03)
Episode – "Behind the Laughter " with Tim Long , George Meyer and Mike Scully (BABF19)
Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger " (CABF01)
Episode – "Trilogy of Error " (CABF14)
Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales " with John Frink , Don Payne and Bob Bendetson (CABF17)
Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut " (DABF05)
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little " (EABF03)
Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War " (FABF20)
Episode – "Pranksta Rap " (GABF03)
Episode – "Future-Drama " (GABF12)
Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums " (HABF12)
Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple " (JABF02)
– The Simpsons Movie with James L. Brooks , Matt Groening , Al Jean , Ian Maxtone-Graham , George Meyer , David Mirkin , Mike Reiss , Mike Scully , John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti
Episode – "Husbands and Knives " (JABF17)
Episode – "That '90s Show " (KABF04)
Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z" " (LABF15)
Episode – "O Brother, Where Bart Thou? " (MABF01)
Episode – "Flaming Moe " (NABF04)
Episode – "The Food Wife " (NABF20)
Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool " (PABF20)
Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa " (RABF06)
Episode – "Covercraft " (TABF02)
Episode – "Sky Police " (TABF09)
Episode – "There Will Be Buds " (VABF22)
Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two " (WABF05)
Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel " with Renee Ridgeley (XABF15)
Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture " (YABF05)
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII " (UABF18)
Staff Writer (1997-1998)
Story Editor (1998)
Executive Story Editor (1998)
Co-Producer (1998-1999)
Producer (1999-2001)
Supervising Producer (2000-2001)
Co-Executive Producer (2001-2005)
Season 13
Season 14
Season 15
Season 16
Executive Producer (2005-present)
Season 16
Season 17
Season 18
Season 19
Season 20
Lyrics (2005-present)
Season 16
Season 17
– The Simpsons Movie (Lyrics for Spider-Pig (with James L. Brooks , Matt Groening , Al Jean , Ian Maxtone-Graham , George Meyer , David Mirkin , Mike Reiss , Mike Scully , David Silverman , John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti ) and Springfield Anthem (with James L. Brooks , Matt Groening , Al Jean , Ian Maxtone-Graham , George Meyer , David Mirkin , Mike Reiss , Mike Scully , John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti ))
Season 19
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII "
Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions "
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers "
Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star "
Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken "
Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday "
Episode – "I'm with Cupid "
Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers" "
Episode – "Make Room for Lisa "
Episode – "Maximum Homerdrive "
Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories "
Episode – "Monty Can't Buy Me Love "
Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain "
Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo "
Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome "
Episode – "Brother's Little Helper "
Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner? "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X "
Episode – "E-I-E-I-D'oh "
Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder "
Episode – "Eight Misbehavin' "
Episode – "Grift of the Magi "
Episode – "Faith Off "
Episode – "The Mansion Family "
Episode – "Saddlesore Galactica "
Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily "
Episode – "Missionary: Impossible "
Episode – "Pygmoelian "
Episode – "Bart to the Future "
Episode – "Kill the Alligator and Run "
Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge "
Episode – "Behind the Laughter "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI "
Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields "
Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy "
Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger "
Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity "
Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes "
Episode – "The Great Money Caper "
Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow "
Episode – "HOMЯ "
Episode – "Pokey Mom "
Episode – "Worst Episode Ever "
Episode – "Tennis the Menace "
Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes "
Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch "
Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer "
Episode – "Bye Bye Nerdie "
Episode – "Simpson Safari "
Episode – "Trilogy of Error "
Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland "
Episode – "Children of a Lesser Clod "
Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII "
Episode – "The Parent Rap "
Episode – "Homer the Moe "
Episode – "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love "
Episode – "The Blunder Years "
Episode – "She of Little Faith "
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge "
Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut "
Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal "
Episode – "The Bart Wants What It Wants "
Episode – "The Old Man and the Key "
Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain "
Episode – "Blame It on Lisa "
Episode – "Weekend at Burnsie's "
Episode – "Gump Roast "
Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow) "
Episode – "The Sweetest Apu "
Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten "
Episode – "The Frying Game "
Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII "
Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation "
Episode – "Large Marge "
Episode – "The Great Louse Detective "
Episode – "Special Edna "
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little "
Episode – "The Strong Arms of the Ma "
Episode – "Pray Anything "
Episode – "Barting Over "
Episode – "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can "
Episode – "A Star Is Born-Again "
Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington "
Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo "
Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch? "
Episode – "Old Yeller-Belly "
Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please "
Episode – "The Bart of War "
Episode – "Moe Baby Blues "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV "
Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker "
Episode – "The Regina Monologues "
Episode – "The Fat and the Furriest "
Episode – "Today, I Am a Clown "
Episode – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season "
Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays "
Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot "
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife "
Episode – "Margical History Tour "
Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore "
Episode – "Smart and Smarter "
Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner "
Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day "
Episode – "The Wandering Juvie "
Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding "
Episode – "Catch 'Em if You Can "
Episode – "Simple Simpson "
Episode – "The Way We Weren't "
Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner "
Episode – "Fraudcast News "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XV "
Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War "
Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy "
Episode – "She Used to Be My Girl "
Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy "
Episode – "Midnight Rx "
Episode – "Mommie Beerest "
Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass "
Episode – "Pranksta Rap "
Episode – "There's Something About Marrying "
Episode – "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister "
Episode – "Goo Goo Gai Pan "
Episode – "Mobile Homer "
Episode – "The Seven-Beer Snitch "
Episode – "Future-Drama "
Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer "
Episode – "The Heartbroke Kid "
Episode – "A Star is Torn "
Episode – "Thank God It's Doomsday "
Episode – "Home Away from Homer "
Episode – "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star "
Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees "
Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little "
Episode – "Milhouse of Sand and Fog "
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVI "
Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning "
Episode – "The Last of the Red Hat Mamas "
Episode – "The Italian Bob "
Episode – "Simpson Christmas Stories "
Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot "
Episode – "We're on the Road to D'oh-where "
Episode – "My Fair Laddy "
Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story "
Episode – "Bart Has Two Mommies "
Episode – "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife "
Episode – "Million Dollar Abie "
Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore "
Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told "
Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums "
Episode – "Regarding Margie "
Episode – "The Monkey Suit "
Episode – "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play "
Episode – "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer "
Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats "
Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em "
Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) "
Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa "
Episode – "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair) "
Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple "
Episode – "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2 "
Episode – "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times "
Episode – "Little Big Girl "
Episode – "Springfield Up "
Episode – "Yokel Chords "
Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh "
Episode – "Marge Gamer "
Episode – "The Boys of Bummer "
Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot! "
Episode – "24 Minutes "
Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want "
Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs "
Episode – "Midnight Towboy "
Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings "
Episode – "Little Orphan Millie "
Episode – "Husbands and Knives "
Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend "
Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind "
Episode – "That '90s Show "
Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style "
Episode – "The Debarted "
Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder "
Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter "
Episode – "Papa Don't Leech "
Episode – "Any Given Sundance "
Episode – "Mona Leaves-a "
Episode – "All About Lisa "
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