Known for Writing
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).
Birthplace
USA
Filmography
24 films, 6 shows


Whiskers - A Christmas Short Film
2025 · 4m
country: Unknown
A guy that looks like Santa Claus wanders the streets of LA.


Coherence
2014 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.


The Fantastic Corpse
2013 · 9m
country: Unknown
The Fantastic Corpse is a short film project based on the exquisite corpse collaborative method. Dell Precision and AMD are working with creative content company Arts+Labor to bring five Fantastic Fest filmmakers together to create one short film, each filming an equal part, and continuing each others segment.


Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2011 · 10m
country: United States
Wenches Scarlett and Giselle fix each other up for their wedding, in which they would each marry their groom. Upon realizing that both their grooms were the same man, Jack Sparrow, the two wenches found themselves in an auction led by the Auctioneer. This short film serves as a prequel to The Curse of the Black Pearl, and explains just why Jack Sparrow's boat the Jolly Mon was seen sinking at the beginning of the whole story; why the wenches were so upset with him; and how Cotton lost his tongue.


Fractalus
2005 · 26m
country: Unknown
A motley group of astronauts travel unimaginable distances across time and space on a quest for a glimpse of something beyond known reality.
Stop at Nothing
Stop at Nothing
2001
country: United States
Two beautiful government agents go deep undercover by posing as rich socialites in order to solve an international defection case.