J. A. Bayona

J. A. Bayona

Born: May 9, 1975
in 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).

Movies for J. A. Bayona...

Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
Title: Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
Character: Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter
Released: January 23, 2024
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at the creative process behind "Society of the Snow," featuring cast, crew, director J.A. Bayona and even real-life survivors.
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Title: La matemática del espejo
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: TV
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Cinema mon amour
Title: Cinema mon amour
Character: Self
Released: June 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Moved by the closure of a cinema, a young director decides to investigate if the theaters of Barcelona have their days numbered. During the five years of the documentary's shooting, she will enter the closed world of the Catalan exhibition, watch the transformation of this art and business and live unrepeatable experiences in the bowels of many cinemas.
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Querido Fotogramas
Title: Querido Fotogramas
Character: Himself
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
The 70th anniversary of the “Fotogramas” magazine comes in the shape of a sentimental voyage through the history of Spanish cinema thanks to a mosaic of voices represented by people who make films, those who write them and those who consume them. The documentary pays tribute to the readers of “Fotogramas” helped by the leading figures of Spanish cinema, who will read to the camera the most representative letters received at its offices in the history of the magazine.
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Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
Title: Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Bryce Dallas Howard, J. A. Bayona, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, and Jeff Goldblum chat about all things Jurassic.
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Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
Title: Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Crafting some of the key action scenes in Hawaii (and elsewhere around the world).
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Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
Title: Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A favorite character appears to bookend this film.
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Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
Title: Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Shooting various scenes on-board the ship on a sound- stage, including crafting a key scene that J. A. Bayona believes to be the heart of the movie. It also looks at dinosaur animatronics.
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Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
Title: Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A detailed exploration of honoring the dinosaurs of past Jurassic Park films while using cutting-edge technology to make them more realistic.
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Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
Title: Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
A look at Fallen Kingdom within the context of the new trilogy. It also explores J. A. Bayona's direction and the vision he brings to the movie.
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Fallen Kingdom: Chris Pratt's Jurassic Journals
Title: Fallen Kingdom: Chris Pratt's Jurassic Journals
Character: Self
Released: September 18, 2018
Type: Movie
Pratt introduces audiences to various individuals who make the movie work. Actors, Makeup Artists, Stunt People and many more. A great way to highlight the people that work behind the scenes often with no public recognition
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Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
Title: Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: May 22, 2017
Type: Movie
How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Spanish television.
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The Queen of Spain
Title: The Queen of Spain
Character: Projectionist
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Francoist Spain to star a Hollywood blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. (A sequel to The Girl of Your Dreams, 1998.)
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The Great Illusion
Title: The Great Illusion
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2016
Type: Movie
Known as "El Mago Pop," illusionist Antonio Díaz shocks and awes celebrities and bystanders around the world with his mind-blowing performances.
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Nine Days in Haiti
Title: Nine Days in Haiti
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: September 24, 2015
Type: Movie
J.A. Bayona portraits in "9 days in Haiti" the daily life of the Caribbean country and how it struggles against poverty, with the help of children of school IDP camp Corail-Cesselesse.
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Mundos virtuales
Title: Mundos virtuales
Released: December 14, 2013
Type: Movie
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Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
Title: Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
Character: J. A. Bayona
Released: January 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Our two friends from the webpage El Mundo Today show the Venga Monjas Montjuïc, the holy mountain.
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Spanish Movie
Title: Spanish Movie
Character: Alfrodo
Released: December 3, 2009
Type: Movie
Grandes dosis de humor, ingeniosos guiños a nuestro cine patrio más reciente, un elenco artístico altamente ligado a la comedia y una elevada reserva de sorpresas constituyen los ingredientes de esta disparatada comedia: Spanish Movie.
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Title: 30 minuts
Character: Juan Antonio Bayona
Released: October 19, 1984
Type: TV