J.A. Bayona
Birthday: 1975-05-09
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Spain
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).
Movies
Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
A look at Fallen Kingdom within the context of the new trilogy. It also explores J. A. Bayona's dire...
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Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
An in-depth look at the creative process behind "Society of the Snow," featuring cast, crew, directo...
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Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
A detailed exploration of honoring the dinosaurs of past Jurassic Park films while using cutting-edg...
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Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
Shooting various scenes on-board the ship on a sound- stage, including crafting a key scene that J. ...
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Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
Bryce Dallas Howard, J. A. Bayona, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, and Jeff Goldblum chat about all th...
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Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
Crafting some of the key action scenes in Hawaii (and elsewhere around the world)....
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The Great Illusion
Known as "El Mago Pop," illusionist Antonio Díaz shocks and awes celebrities and bystanders around t...
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The Queen of Spain
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she bec...
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Spanish Movie
Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly...
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Nine Days in Haiti
J.A. Bayona portraits in "9 days in Haiti" the daily life of the Caribbean country and how it strugg...
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Querido Fotogramas
The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through...
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Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador chan...
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Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
Our two friends from the webpage El Mundo Today show the Venga Monjas Montjuïc, the holy mountain....
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Cinema mon amour
Moved by the closure of a cinema, a young director decides to investigate if the theaters of Barcelo...
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Wolfgang
Wolfgang, a 9-year-old boy with an IQ of 125, is forced to live with his father, Carles, whom he has...
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