James Ward Byrkit
- Known for
- Writing
- Place of birth
- USA
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).
Movies with James Ward Byrkit
- Rango 2011 · ★ 6.9
- Real Creatures of Dirt 2011 · ★ 3.5
Movies directed by James Ward Byrkit
- Coherence 2014 · ★ 7.2
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked 2011 · ★ 6.7
- Stop at Nothing 2001 · ★ 10.0
- Fractalus 2005
- The Fantastic Corpse 2013
- Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film 2025