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 Ariel’s Beginning, Cinderella II and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II.
Publications Selbo's Dee Rommel Mystery Series' has garnered awards and literary nominations. The ten-part series takes place in Portland Maine and follows the investigations of Dee Rommel, a former policewoman and now a private investigator. The first book is 10 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery,', it is followed by 9 DAYS, 8 DAYS, 7 DAYSand 6 DAYS. Selbo intends to work her way down to 1 DAY. Other novels include Find Me in Florence, Breaking Barriers, The Life of Laura Bassi and Dreams of Discovery, Based on the Life of John Cabot
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 was a co-editor of the Journal of Screenwriting (Intellect Press) 2008 to 2012.
She has also written for theatre with productions in New York, Los Angeles, Louisville and other theaters in the USA. In 2025, the world premiere of Mary Shelley, Year With No Summer, directed by Richard Camp, was presented at the Ojai Theatre in California.'
Filmography Producer
Year Title Credits Notes 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
Writer
Year Title Notes 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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