J. A. Bayona
Known for: Directing
Born: May 9, 1975
Place of birth: Barcelona, Spain
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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Filmography
41 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
7.7
La vida és Verdi
2026
5.6
Crazy Old Lady
2025
6.7
She Walks in Darkness
2025
6.6
Wolfgang
2025
5.0
The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire
2024
5.2
La Revuelta
2024
6.5
Free Falling
2024
7.4
Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
2024
8.0
Society of the Snow
2023
1.0
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023
NR
Spursito & Company
2023
7.2
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
7.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
2.0
La matemática del espejo
2021
6.4
A Perfect Enemy
2021
NR
Cinema mon amour
2019
NR
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
4.0
Querido Fotogramas
2018NR
Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
2018
NR
Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
20184.8
Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
20186.0
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
2018NR
Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
2018NR
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
2018
6.5
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
4.6
I Hate New York
2018
7.3
Marrowbone
2017
7.8
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
2017
NR
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
5.2
The Queen of Spain
2016
7.3
A Monster Calls
2016
2.0
The Great Illusion
2016
6.0
Don't Leave Me
20158.0
Nine Days in Haiti
2015
7.8
Penny Dreadful
2014
NR
Mundos virtuales
2013NR
Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
2013
7.4
The Impossible
2012![[REC]³ Genesis](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2FtI1534q0Up7PBcLdXdFerLmIXn3.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
5.3
[REC]³ Genesis
2012
5.0
Spanish Movie
2009NR
La Desgracia en 3D
2008
7.2
The Orphanage
2007
8.0
Alguna pregunta més?
2004
8.0
The Spongeman
20039.0
Diminutos del calvario
2001
6.7
Mis vacaciones
1999
NR
30 minuts
1984NR
In Blood and Fire
—NR
Truce
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NR
Homing
—NR
El fons de l'estany
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