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James Ward Byrkit is an American filmmaker who collaborated with Gore Verbinski on Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango. He also directed Coherence, a critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller, and Shatter Belt, an episodic series.
James Ward Byrkit is a director, writer and art department member who worked on Coherence, Rango and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. See his biography, awards, credits, photos and videos on IMDb.
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Funded through Kickstarter as a means of reclaiming the same independent filmmaking spirit that fueled Coherence, Shatter Belt is billed as a series of short film episodes, all based around themes of consciousness. Three of the first season’s self-contained installments have been shot, with Byrkit now in production on the fourth and final. “Some of...
In conceptualizing the series, Byrkit has drawn upon a decade’s worth of ideas — compelling, cosmically minded concepts— that he struggled to get made in Hollywood once the initial rush of post-Coherence pitch meetings had subsided. “When you go the traditional Hollywood route, people are not used to working as quickly or decisively as I am,” he re...
Byrkit has seen his fair share of success in Hollywood, most notably serving as a conceptual artist on Gore Verbinski’s first three Pirates of the Caribbean films and co-writing the script for Rango, Verbinski’s Oscar-winning acid-Western cartoon. But he sees Shatter Beltas an overdue return to the stripped-down, self-starting creative ethos that g...
Learn about the indie sci-fi director behind Coherence and Shatter Belt, a series of short films about consciousness. Find out how he made Coherence, why it's popular in China, and what to expect from his new project.
May 28, 2024 · The directors and producers of the 2013 sci-fi thriller Coherence are working on a new film in the same universe, with plot details under wraps. Coherence follows eight friends who face reality-bending events when a comet passes by.
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Coherence is a 2013 American surreal science fiction psychological thriller film directed by James Ward Byrkit in his directorial debut. [2] The film had its world debut on September 19, 2013, at Fantastic Fest and stars Emily Foxler as a woman who must deal with strange occurrences following the close passing of a comet .
A discussion with award winning screenwriter and director, Jams Ward Byrkit. James is best known for the cult science fiction film COHERENCE and for co-writing and designing the Academy Award...
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Feb 16, 2022 · A conversation with filmmaker, James Ward Byrkit. WILL ROOSE, Staff Writer — James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence is arguably one of the best science-fiction films to come out in the last decade. Independent cinema at Denison is special in that many of the cinema majors will delve deep into the small-scope “indies” that only circulate through ...
