James Ward Byrkit
James Ward Byrkit (also known as James Byrkit or Jim Byrkit) is an American film director, writer, and actor. He is best known for directing the science fiction thriller Coherence and co-writing the script for Rango, one of his many collaborations with Gore Verbinski. For Rango, Byrkit starred as several characters, most notably Waffles, a horned lizard. Byrkit also was the conceptual artist on the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and designed some of the most iconic sequences of the series. Byrkit also directed the short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011), which serves as a prequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
Cast
Crew
Rango
Story, Head of Story, Storyboard Artist
MouseHunt
Production Illustrator
Coherence
Director, Story, Screenplay
Fractalus
Director, Writer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Director
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Conceptual Design
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Conceptual Design, Storyboard Artist
The Forest
Co-Producer
Breakneck
Writer, Director
Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
Producer, Writer
Untitled Coherence Sequel
Writer, Director
Outside Ozona
Storyboard Artist
Baby Driver
Storyboard Artist
Ideation
Director
Black
Original Story
The Fantastic Corpse
Director
Stop at Nothing
Director
Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film
Director, Writer