Andrew Colville is an American

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. He has worked on the AMC drama ''

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'', for which he won a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award. Following that he was a writer on the critically acclaimed but short-lived Fox TV series '' Lone Star''. After the cancellation of '' Lone Star'', he became a writer and co-producer on the first season of

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series '' Nikita'' (2010–11), and served as a writer/producer in its second season (2011–12). He then became a writer/producer on the first season of the USA Network series ''

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'' in 2013. He was also a writer and executive producer on the AMC drama series '' Turn: Washington's Spies'', a fictionalized account of the

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masterminded by General

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Biography

Colville joined the crew of AMC drama ''

'' for the third season in 2009. He co-wrote the episode "The Arrangements" with series creator and show runner

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. Colville and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the third season. Colville is from Louisville, Kentucky.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colville, Andrew American male screenwriters American television writers Deep Springs College alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers