Jule Selbo


Jule Britt Selbo is an American screenwriter, playwright, author, producer and professor. She was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She is currently a Professor in the Cinema and Television Arts Department at California State University, Fullerton and is a member of the WGA.

Education

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.

Career

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.
Selbo has written animated films for the Jim Henson Company and Walt Disney Studios, notably work on , and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II.

Publications

Selbo has written books for screenwriters on screenwriting structure and film genre as well as on film history including Women Screenwriters: An International Guide and Film Genre for Screenwriters.
She is a co-editor of the Journal of Screenwriting since 2008 until current day. She has also written for theatre with productions in New York, Los Angeles, Louisville and other theaters in the USA.

Filmography

Producer

YearTitleCreditsNotes
1989-1992Life Goes OnStory Editor/Producer5 episodes
1994-1995Models Inc.Supervising Producer28 episodes
1995-1999Melrose PlaceConsulting Producer24 episodes
1998-2001UndressedExecutive Producer130 episodes
2006Beyond the FenceConsulting ProducerShort

Writer

YearTitleNotes
1985-1988Tales From the Darkside10 episodes
1988Raising Miranda1 episode
1988Annie McGuire1 episode
1989-1990Monsters3 episodes
1991Prison Stories: Women on the InsideSegment "3"
1991The Flash1 episode
1991A DancerShort Film
1991Hard PromisesFeature
1993Johnny Bago1 episodes
1993The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles6 episodes
1994Hercules and the Amazon Women-
1994-1995Models Inc.5 episodes
1995The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye-
19961 episode
1996The Adventures of Sinbad1 episode
1998-1999Melrose Place3 episodes
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure-
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid-
2002The Hunchback of Notre Dame II-
2002Segment “Tall Tail”
2008The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Mystery of the Blues-
2008-
2011Pound Puppies1 episode