Biography
David Odell is an American screenwriter and film director. He began working with Jim Henson on The Muppet Show from its third season and contributed to The Muppet Movie. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program in 1981, shared with Jerry Juhl and Chris Langham, following a nomination the previous year.
Odell wrote the screenplay for the 1982 film The Dark Crystal, collaborating with Henson and Frank Oz. He later received a story credit on the 2019 Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. His other screenwriting credits include Supergirl (1984), Masters of the Universe (1987) and episodes of Tales from the Darkside and Monsters. He also directed the 1990 comedy Martians Go Home.
