James Ward Byrkit
Born in USA
Connect
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…
Photos
James Ward Byrkit's Credits
Browse acting and crew credits across movies and TV — filter and sort to find specific roles.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Art
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Art
Baby Driver
Art
Rango
Waffles / Gordy / Papa Joad / Cousin Murt / Curlie / Knife Attacker / Rodent Kid (voice)
Special Unit 2
Directing
Coherence
Directing
MouseHunt
Art
Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
Directing
Shatter Belt
Directing
The Forest
Production
Outside Ozona
Art
Black
Writing
Real Creatures of Dirt
Self
Fractalus
Writing
Stop at Nothing
Directing
Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film
Directing
The Fantastic Corpse
Directing
Ideation
Directing
Untitled Coherence Sequel
Writing
Breakneck
Writing
Galapagos!: The Odyssey of Lonesome George
Writing