- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 9, 1975
- Place of Birth
- Barcelona, Spain
J. A. Bayona
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).
Filmography
movieLa vida és Verdi
2026
movieCrazy Old Lady
2025 · Producer
movieShe Walks in Darkness
2025 · Producer
movieWolfgang
2025 · Él mismo
movieThe Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire
2024 · J. A.
tvLa Revuelta
2024 · Self - Guest
movieFree Falling
2024 · Producer
movieSociety of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
2024 · Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter
movieSociety of the Snow
2023 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
tvLate Xou con Marc Giró
2023 · Self - Guest
tvSpursito & Company
2023 · Self
tvThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022 · Executive Producer, Director
movieThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022 · Executive Producer, Director
tvLa matemática del espejo
2021 · Self
movieA Perfect Enemy
2021 · Thanks
movieCinema mon amour
2019 · Self
tvLa gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019 · Self
movieQuerido Fotogramas
2018 · Self
Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
movieFallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
2018 · Self
Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
movieFallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
2018 · Self
movieFallen Kingdom: The Conversation
2018 · Self
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
movieFallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
2018 · Self
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
movieFallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
2018 · Self
Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
movieFallen Kingdom: Island Action
2018 · Self
movieJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018 · Director
movieI Hate New York
2018 · Executive Producer
movieMarrowbone
2017 · Executive Producer
movieNarciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
2017 · Self - Filmmaker
tvDani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Queen of Spain
2016 · El proyeccionista cinéfilo
movieA Monster Calls
2016 · Director
movieThe Great Illusion
2016 · Self, Thanks
movieDon't Leave Me
2015 · Executive Producer
Nine Days in Haiti
movieNine Days in Haiti
2015 · Narrator (voice), Director, Writer
tvPenny Dreadful
2014 · Director
movieMundos virtuales
2013
Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
movieConeix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
2013 · J. A. Bayona
movieThe Impossible
2012 · Director
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movie[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · Thanks
movieSpanish Movie
2009 · Alfrodo
La Desgracia en 3D
movieLa Desgracia en 3D
2008 · Director, Writer
movieThe Orphanage
2007 · Director
tvAlguna pregunta més?
2004 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Spongeman
2003 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Diminutos del calvario
movieDiminutos del calvario
2001 · Director
movieMis vacaciones
1999 · Director, Screenplay
tv30 minuts
1984 · Juan Antonio Bayona
In Blood and Fire
movieIn Blood and Fire
— · Director, Screenplay
Truce
movieTruce
— · Director
movieHoming
— · Producer