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James Ward Byrkit (also known as James Byrkit or Jim Byrkit) is an American filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his many collaborations with director Gore Verbinski. Byrkit was the conceptual consultant and storyboard artist on the first three films of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, having helped create several props and designed ...
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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...
James Ward Byrkit, sometimes credited as Jim Byrkit, is an American film director and storyboard artist. He worked as the conceptual consultant, alongside with director Gore Verbinski, in the making of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films. Along with helping Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio creating the screenplay, Byrkit directed the Pirates short film Tales of the Code: Wedlocked. Not ...
Jun 20, 2014 · Here, James Ward Byrkit chats about subverting both science fiction and white-people-problems movie tropes, turning Schrödinger's cat into popcorn-ready material, and, because it’s basically ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Shatter Belt. is a Mind-Bending Anthology Series That Will Puzzle and Excite You. James Ward Byrkit’s follow-up to his breakout sci-fi Coherence is a heartfelt headscratcher. There are so many ...
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SHATTER BELT is the follow-up to James Ward Byrkit's international cult favorite COHERENCE, now on major lists as one of the best science fiction movies of all time. SHATTER BELT is a journey to the edge of consciousness and back, embracing complex . emotional themes while staying consistently entertaining. FORMAT: 30 minute episodes
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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 positive word-of-mouth and local festivals. Mr. Byrkit’s body of
