He has worked on the AMC drama Mad Men, 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.
He was also a writer and executive producer on the AMC drama series Turn: Washington's Spies, a fictionalized account of the Culper Spy Ring masterminded by General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.
He co-wrote the episode "The Arrangements" with series creator and show runner Matthew Weiner.
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.