---
name: "Hubert Selby Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hubert-selby-jr"
fi1m_id: "hubert-selby-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0782968"
tmdb_id: 9535
wikidata_id: "Q551487"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 July 1928"
died: "26 April 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:41:33.058622+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hubert Selby Jr.

## Identity

Hubert Selby Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hubert-selby-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hubert-selby-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0782968
- **TMDB ID:** 9535
- **Wikidata ID:** Q551487
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Selby_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9535

Writer. Born 23 July 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 26 April 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 July 1928, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 26 April 2004
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Selby_Jr., https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q551487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9535

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Requiem for a Dream*](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md) (80)

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## Biography

Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004) was an American novelist and screenwriter. He wrote the 1978 novel *Requiem for a Dream*, on which the 2000 film of the same name was based, and co-wrote its screenplay with director Darren Aronofsky. He is also known for the 1964 novel *Last Exit to Brooklyn*, adapted as a 1989 film, and for writing the screenplay for *Fear X* (2003).

Selby was born in Brooklyn, New York, and had no formal writing training. He appeared in small roles in the film adaptations of both *Last Exit to Brooklyn* and *Requiem for a Dream*. He taught creative writing at the University of Southern California for more than twenty years.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Fi1m 80, Screenplay, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Demon: A Film About Andy Kaufman* (2013), Thanks
- *The Making of 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'* (2006), Actor
- *Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow* (2006), Writer
- *Sunset Motel* (2003), Actor
- *Fear X* (2003), Writer
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), as Laughing Guard · Novel, Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Fortune Cookie* (1991), Writer
- *Last Exit to Brooklyn* (1989), as Car Driver · Novel

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