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J. A. Bayona

Name in Native Language: "Juan Antonio Bayona" (Spanish/ES)
Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter / Actor | * 05/09/1975 (48) | Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain)
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Juan Antonio García Bayona (born 9 May 1975) is a Spanish filmmaker. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. In 2018, he directed the science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. His 2023 film Society of the Snow was nominated for the Academy Award for 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. ()
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Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish director, known for his supernatural horror debut The Orphanage (2007), disaster thriller The Impossible (2012), fantasy drama A Monster Calls (2016), action-adventure blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), and survival thriller Society of the Snow (2022).

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Drama | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes. ...

Society of the Snow

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2023 | 2h 24min
Drama, History
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In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare ...

The Impossible

PG-13

2012 | 3.7/5 | 1h 53min
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend. ...

The Orphanage

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2007 | 3.6/5 | 1h 45min
Horror, Drama, Thriller
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A boy imagines a monster that helps him deal with his difficult life and see the world in a different way. ...

A Monster Calls

PG-13

2016 | 3.6/5 | 1h 48min
Drama, Fantasy
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Awards & Nominations for J. A. Bayona

Goya Award for Best New Director 3x Goya Award for Best Director Gaudí Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film 3x European Film Academy Lux Award
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Movies with J. A. Bayona as Actor(13)

as Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter2024 Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
as himself2018 Querido Fotogramas
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: Chris Pratt's Jurassic Journals
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
as himself2018 Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
as himself2017 Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
as Projectionist2016 The Queen of Spain
as Narrator (voice)2015 Nine Days in Haiti
as Alfrodo2009 Spanish Movie

Movies with J. A. Bayona as Crew(17)

Production/Producer2024 Free Falling
Directing/Director2023 Society of the Snow
Writing/Writer2023 Society of the Snow
Writing/Screenplay2023 Society of the Snow
Production/Producer2023 Society of the Snow
Directing/Director2023 Truce
Directing/Director2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Directing/Director2016 A Monster Calls
Production/Executive Producer2015 Don't Leave Me
Directing/Director2015 Nine Days in Haiti
Writing/Writer2015 Nine Days in Haiti
Directing/Director2012 The Impossible
Directing/Director2007 The Orphanage
Directing/Director2003 The Spongeman
Production/Executive Producer2003 The Spongeman
Directing/Director1999 Mis vacaciones
Writing/Screenplay1999 Mis vacaciones

TV Shows/Series with J. A. Bayona as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Directing/Director2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Directing/Director2014 Penny Dreadful

Citizenship: Spain
Born: Friday, 05/09 1975 (May) in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain) (current age: 48 years + 352 days)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: Catalan (CA), English (EN), Spanish (ES, native language)
Educated at: Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia
Other names for J. A. Bayona (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Juan Antonio Bayona"
"J Bayona"
"Juan Antonio García Bayona"
"J.A. Bayona"
J. A. Bayona frequently works together with these people:
Belén Atienza (10x, Crew)
Chris Pratt (7x, Actor)
Bryce Dallas Howard (7x, Actress)
Colin Trevorrow (6x, Crew)
Bernat Vilaplana (6x, Crew)
Oriol Tarragó (6x, Crew)
Sandra Hermida (6x, Crew)
Fernando Velázquez (6x, Crew)
Óscar Faura (5x, Crew)
Geraldine Chaplin (4x, Actress)
Belén Rueda (4x, Actress)
Robert Strange (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14101, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024