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James Ward Byrkit

Alias:
Jim Brykit

Birthplace:
USA

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Production

Co-Producer:
2016  The Forest

Conceptual Design:
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2016  The Forest

Director:
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Head of Story:
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Producer:
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Production Illustrator:
1997  MouseHunt
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Screenplay:
1997  MouseHunt
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Story:
1997  MouseHunt
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Storyboard Artist:
1997  MouseHunt
1998  Outside Ozona
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
2017  Baby Driver
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

Writer:
1997  MouseHunt
1998  Outside Ozona
2005  Fractalus
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011  Rango
2013  Coherence
2016  The Forest
2017  Baby Driver
????  Breakneck
????  Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
????  Ideation
????  Untitled Coherence Sequel

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TV Production

Creator:
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Director:
2001  Special Unit 2
????  Shatter Belt

Editor:
2001  Special Unit 2
????  Shatter Belt

Producer:
2001  Special Unit 2
????  Shatter Belt

Writer:
2001  Special Unit 2
????  Shatter Belt

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