Known For
Writing
Place of Birth
USA
Credits
21 titles
James Ward Byrkit
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film
Director
Black
Original Story
Shatter Belt
Director
Baby Driver
Storyboard Artist
The Forest
Co-Producer
Coherence
Director
The Fantastic Corpse
Director
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Director
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self
Rango
Waffles / Gordy / Papa Joad / Cousin Murt / Curlie / Knife Attacker / Rodent Kid (voice)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Conceptual Design
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Conceptual Design
Fractalus
Writer
Stop at Nothing
Director
Special Unit 2
Director
Outside Ozona
Storyboard Artist
MouseHunt
Production Illustrator
De Novo
Executive Producer
Breakneck
Writer
Ideation
Director
Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
Writer