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James Ward Byrkit
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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…
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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).
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2025
Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film
Movie Director
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2024
Black
Movie Original Story
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2023
Shatter Belt
TV show Writer
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2017
Baby Driver
Movie Storyboard Artist
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2016
The Forest
Movie Co-Producer
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2014
Coherence
Movie Director
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2013
The Fantastic Corpse
Movie Director
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2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Movie Director
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2011
Real Creatures of Dirt
Movie Self
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2011
Rango
Movie Waffles / Gordy / Papa Joad / Cousin Murt / Curlie / Knife Attacker / Rodent Kid (voice)
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2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Movie Conceptual Design
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2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Movie Conceptual Design
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2005
Fractalus
Movie Writer
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2001
Stop at Nothing
Movie Director
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2001
Special Unit 2
TV show Director
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1998
Outside Ozona
Movie Storyboard Artist
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1997
MouseHunt
Movie Production Illustrator
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De Novo
Movie Executive Producer
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Ideation
Movie Director
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Breakneck
Movie Writer
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Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
Movie Writer
