J.A. Bayona
Biography
Juan Antonio García Bayona (born 9 May 1975 in Barcelona) is a Spanish film director. He directed the supernatural horror film "The Orphanage" (2007), the disaster drama "The Impossible" (2012), the fantasy drama "A Monster Calls" (2016), and the science fiction adventure film "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" (2018), the fifth installment of the "Jurassic Park" series. His most recent film is "Society of the Snow" (2023), which is the Spanish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. He has also directed television commercials and music videos. He directed the first two episodes of "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" (2022).
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Movies (36)
Crazy Old Lady
Producer (Production)
2025
She Walks in Darkness
Producer (Production)
2025
Wolfgang
as Él mismo
2025
The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire
as J. A.
2024
Free Falling
Producer (Production)
2024
Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
as Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter
2024
Society of the Snow
Director (Directing)
2023
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
A Perfect Enemy
Thanks (Crew)
2021
Cinema mon amour
as Self
2019
Querido Fotogramas
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
as Self
2018
Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
as Self
2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Director (Directing)
2018
I Hate New York
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Marrowbone
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
as Self - Filmmaker
2017
The Queen of Spain
as Projectionist
2016
A Monster Calls
Director (Directing)
2016
The Great Illusion
as Self
2016
Don't Leave Me
Executive Producer (Production)
2015
Nine Days in Haiti
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Mundos virtuales
2013
Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
as J. A. Bayona
2013
The Impossible
Director (Directing)
2012
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[REC]³ Genesis
Thanks (Crew)
2012
Spanish Movie
as Alfrodo
2009
La Desgracia en 3D
Director (Directing)
2008
The Orphanage
Director (Directing)
2007
The Spongeman
Writer (Writing)
2003
Diminutos del calvario
Director (Directing)
2001
Mis vacaciones
Director (Directing)
1999
TV Shows (10)
La Revuelta
as Self - Guest
2024
Late Xou con Marc Giró
as Self - Guest
2023
Spursito & Company
as Self
2023
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
La matemática del espejo
as Self
2021
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
as Self
2019
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
as Self - Interviewee
2017
Penny Dreadful
Director (Directing)
2014
Alguna pregunta més?
as Self - Interviewee
2004
30 minuts
as Juan Antonio Bayona
1984