---
name: "Matt Selman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-selman"
fi1m_id: "matt-selman"
imdb_id: "nm0783468"
tmdb_id: 165843
wikidata_id: "Q2400678"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "9 September 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T03:19:50.924620+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."
---

# Matt Selman

## Identity

Matt Selman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-selman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-selman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0783468
- **TMDB ID:** 165843
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2400678
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Selman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165843

Writer. Born 9 September 1971 in Massachusetts.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 9 September 1971, Massachusetts
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md), [Nancy Cartwright](https://film.one/person/nancy-cartwright.md), [Yeardley Smith](https://film.one/person/yeardley-smith.md), [Billy Kimball](https://film.one/person/billy-kimball.md), [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (2), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $527m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Selman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2400678, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165843

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matt Selman is an American television writer and producer. He grew up in Watertown, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993, and began his career writing spec scripts before securing a writing credit on *Seinfeld* in 1996.

In 1997 Selman joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons*, where he has remained as a writer, producer and showrunner. He has written or co-written numerous episodes and co-wrote the screenplay for *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He has also contributed to several *Simpsons* video games.

Selman has shared multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on *The Simpsons* and received an Annie Award in 1999 and a Writers Guild of America Award in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Most Wonderful Time of the Year* (2024), Producer
- *May the 12th Be with You* (2024), Producer
- *Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"* (2023), Producer
- *Welcome to the Club* (2022), Producer
- *When Billie Met Lisa* (2022), Producer
- *The Simpsons in Plusaversary* (2021), Producer
- *The Good, the Bart, and the Loki* (2021), Producer
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"* (2021), Producer
- *Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"* (2020), Producer, Writer
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Creative Consultant
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Blogger — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Obie and the Specter*, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![The Simpsons writer Matt Selman. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/61675/gallery-928ee3d18cd4.jpg) The Simpsons writer Matt Selman. (2009) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Matt_Selman_%283757280666%29.jpg/1280px-Matt_Selman_%283757280666%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Writer Matt Selman on The Simpsons panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61675/gallery-c7fce825ca88.jpg) Writer Matt Selman on The Simpsons panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Matt_Selman_%284842292869%29.jpg/1280px-Matt_Selman_%284842292869%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matt Selman](https://film.one/media/person/61675/gallery-60faecddf46b.jpg) Matt Selman — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Matt_Selman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Matt_Selman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matt Selman at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego](https://film.one/media/person/61675/gallery-91699183473b.jpg) Matt Selman at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Matt_Selman_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Matt_Selman_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matt Selman at CC 2007 at the Simpsons panel](https://film.one/media/person/61675/gallery-d8bd9cbc34c9.jpg) Matt Selman at CC 2007 at the Simpsons panel — Comiquero.com from México, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Mattselman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/matt-selman