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James Ward Byrkit is writer and director from Flagstaff, Arizona, known for his work on Rango, Coherence, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. His new series, <a href="https://www.shatterbelt.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shatter Belt</a>, is available on Amazon and AppleTV.

James Ward Byrkit

Film

The Knowing and the Victory of Magical Thinking

Writer/director Mike Cahill (also the cinematographer and editor on his films) made his feature debut with Another Earth, a science fiction film about a parallel planet. The film was a huge success at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and won the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize as well as the Special Jury Award. His second feature, <a href="http://www.bam.org/film/2014/i-origins" target="_blank">I Origins</a> (to be released July 18) also won the Sloan Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Both films were distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Mike currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Mike Cahill

BAMcinemaFest Takeover: Mike Cahill (I Origins) Talks James Ward Byrkit’s Coherence