Jule Britt Selbo is an American screenwriter, playwright, author, producer and professor. She was born in Fargo, North Dakota. [1] She is currently a professor in the Cinema and Television Arts Department at California State University, Fullerton and is a member of the WGA.
Selbo attended Southern Methodist University and obtained her B.F.A. She continued her educational path into graduate school and received her M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina and her Ph.D. from the University of Exeter for her work in Film Genre. [2]
Selbo has worked with industry pioneers like George Lucas, Roland Joffe, Lauren Shuler-Donner, Michael Newell, Aaron Spelling and with all the major Hollywood Studios. She was involved in screenwriting and producing works in feature film, television, animated series and daytime dramas for Columbia Pictures, Paramount, Universal and HBO. [2]
Selbo has written animated films for the Jim Henson Company and Walt Disney Studios, notably work on Ariel’s Beginning, Cinderella II and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II .
Selbo has written books for screenwriters on screenwriting structure [3] and film genre as well as on film history [4] including Women Screenwriters: An International Guide and Film Genre for Screenwriters.
She is a co-editor of the Journal of Screenwriting (Intellect Press) since 2008 until current day. [5] She has also written for theatre with productions in New York, Los Angeles, Louisville and other theaters in the USA.
Year | Title | Credits | Notes |
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1989-1992 | Life Goes On | Story Editor/Producer | 5 episodes |
1994-1995 | Models Inc. | Supervising Producer | 28 episodes |
1995-1999 | Melrose Place | Consulting Producer | 24 episodes |
1998-2001 | Undressed | Executive Producer | 130 episodes |
2006 | Beyond the Fence | Consulting Producer | Short |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1985-1988 | Tales From the Darkside | 10 episodes |
1988 | Raising Miranda | 1 episode |
1988 | Annie McGuire | 1 episode |
1989-1990 | Monsters | 3 episodes |
1991 | Prison Stories: Women on the Inside | Segment "3" |
1991 | The Flash | 1 episode |
1991 | A Dancer | Short Film |
1991 | Hard Promises | Feature |
1993 | Johnny Bago | 1 episodes |
1993 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | 6 episodes |
1994 | Hercules and the Amazon Women | |
1994-1995 | Models Inc. | 5 episodes |
1995 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye | |
1996 | Space: Above and Beyond | 1 episode |
1996 | The Adventures of Sinbad | 1 episode |
1998-1999 | Melrose Place | 3 episodes |
2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure | |
2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | |
2002 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame II | |
2002 | Cinderella II: Dreams Come True | Segment “Tall Tail” |
2008 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues | |
2008 | The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning | |
2011 | Pound Puppies | 1 episode |
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