 From 1992 to 2000, Odell lived in Colombia, where he worked as a freelance journalist before becoming a Spanish-language television writer and screenwriter.He wrote or created a number of television series, including "Castillo de naipes" (1998), "La mujer del presidente", "De pies a cabeza", and "Fuego verde" (1998), which Odell co-wrote with American journalist Tom Quinn.In 1997, Odell wrote, along with Colombian filmmaker Sergio Cabrera, the political satire "Golpe de estadio", which was nominated for a Goya Award in 1999, and was Colombia's nomination to the Oscars in 2000.