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J.A. Bayona

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  • Producer
  • Writer
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J.A. Bayona at an event for The Impossible (2012)
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Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. He has also directed television commercials and music videos. He will direct the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
BornMay 9, 1975
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Alejandro Amenábar, Jaume Balagueró, Rodrigo Cortés, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, Álex de la Iglesia, Paco Plaza, J.A. Bayona, and Nacho Vigalondo in Premios Goya 33 edición (2019)
J.A. Bayona in IX Premis Gaudí de l'Acadèmia del Cinema Català (2017)
J.A. Bayona and Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls (2016)
J.A. Bayona in A Monster Calls (2016)
J.A. Bayona in A Monster Calls (2016)
J.A. Bayona in A Monster Calls (2016)
Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Col Needham, J.A. Bayona, Patrick Ness, and Lewis MacDougall
J.A. Bayona, Patrick McKay, and John D. Payne in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
J.A. Bayona in The Orphanage (2007)
J.A. Bayona and Belén Atienza at an event for A Monster Calls (2016)
Sigourney Weaver, Liam Neeson, Peter Kujawski, J.A. Bayona, Belén Atienza, Patrick Ness, Abhijay Prakash, and Lewis MacDougall at an event for A Monster Calls (2016)
J.A. Bayona at an event for A Monster Calls (2016)

Known for

The Orphanage (2007)
The Orphanage
7.4
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2007
Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Oaklee Pendergast, Tom Holland, and Samuel Joslin in The Impossible (2012)
The Impossible
7.5
  • Director
  • 2012
Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls (2016)
A Monster Calls
7.4
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2016
Mis vacaciones (1999)
Mis vacaciones
5.6
Short
  • Director(as Juan Antonio Bayona)
  • 1999

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Director

  • Society of the Snow
    • Post-production
  • Charles Edwards, Lloyd Owen, Sophia Nomvete, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Owain Arthur, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, and Markella Kavenagh in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
  • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
    • (directed by)
  • Lewis MacDougall in A Monster Calls (2016)
    A Monster Calls
    • (directed by)
  • 9 días en Haití (2015)
    9 días en Haití
  • Penny Dreadful (2014)
    Penny Dreadful
  • Keane: Disconnected (2012)
    Keane: Disconnected
  • Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Oaklee Pendergast, Tom Holland, and Samuel Joslin in The Impossible (2012)
    The Impossible
  • Nena Daconte: El Aleph
  • La Desgracia en 3D
  • The Orphanage (2007)
    The Orphanage
    • (directed by)
  • Tierra de Hevia
    • (as Juan Antonio Bayona, music video)
  • Lo echamos a suertes (2005)
    Lo echamos a suertes
    • (segment Cómo repartimos los amigos, as Juan Antonio Bayona)
  • 10 años con Camela (2004)
    10 años con Camela
    • (as Juan Antonio Bayona)
  • Sonorama
  • OBK: Quiéreme otra vez (2003)
    OBK: Quiéreme otra vez

Producer

  • Charles Edwards, Lloyd Owen, Sophia Nomvete, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Owain Arthur, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Morfydd Clark, Robert Aramayo, and Markella Kavenagh in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
  • Amanda Lepore and Sophia Lamar in I Hate New York (2018)
    I Hate New York
  • George MacKay, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Charlie Heaton in Marrowbone (2017)
    Marrowbone
  • Laia Costa in No me quites (2015)
    No me quites
  • El hombre Esponja (2003)
    El hombre Esponja

Writer

  • Society of the Snow
    • Post-production
  • 9 días en Haití (2015)
    9 días en Haití
  • La Desgracia en 3D
  • El hombre Esponja (2003)
    El hombre Esponja
  • Mis vacaciones (1999)
    Mis vacaciones
    • (as Juan Antonio Bayona)
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos4

What To Watch: The Impossible
Full Episode 10:42
What To Watch: The Impossible
The Wave - Exclusive
Clip 2:13
The Wave - Exclusive
Tráiler [OV]
Trailer 1:43
Tráiler [OV]
U.S. trailer: The Orphanage
Trailer 2:05
U.S. trailer: The Orphanage

Personal details

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    • May 9, 1975
    • Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Carlos García Bayona(Sibling)
  • Music video "Disconnected" for the band Keane - Director
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    • 1 Interview

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    Graduated from ESCAC (Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalunya).

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