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Name
  
James Byrkit

Role
  
Director

Movies
  
Coherence, Rango


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Awards
  
Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production

Nominations
  
Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director, Gotham Independent Film Audience Award

Similar
  
Emily Foxler, Maury Sterling, Alex Manugian, Gore Verbinski, Elizabeth Gracen

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James Ward Byrkit (also known as Jim Byrkit and James Byrkit) is an American film director and writer, known for the science fiction thriller Coherence (2013) and the Academy Award-winning film Rango (2011). Byrkit 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.

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Byrkit's debut feature Coherence earned critical and audience praise around the world and maintains a rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Byrkit also garnered significant attention for his unconventional approach in the making of the film, as "proof that inventive filmmakers can do a lot with a little" and identifying him as a groundbreaking talent.

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Awards

  • Breakthrough Director (nominated) at the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014
  • Next Wave Best Screenplay at the Austin Fantastic Fest for Coherence (2013)
  • Maria Award for Best Screenplay at the Sitges Film Festival for Coherence (2013)
  • Carnet Jove Jury Award for Best In Competition at the Sitges Film Festival for Coherence (2013)
  • Black Tulip Award for Best Feature Debut at the Imagine Film Festival for Coherence (2014)
  • Imagine Movie Zone Award, Special Mention at the Imagine Film Festival for Coherence (2014)
  • Annie Award for Writing in a Feature Production for Rango (2011, won, shared with John Logan and Gore Verbinski)

    • As director

  • Coherence (2013)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (2011)
  • Rango (2011, video game)
  • Fractalus (2005)
  • Yes, and... (2005)
  • Special Unit 2 (2001, 1 episode - The Rocks)
  • Stop at Nothing (2001)

    • As writer

  • Coherence (2013)
  • Rango (2011, video game)
  • Rango (2011, film)
  • Fractalus (2005)
  • Yes, and... (2005)

    • As producer

  • The Forest (2016)
  • Coherence (2013)
  • Fractalus (2005)

    • References

    James Ward Byrkit Wikipedia
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