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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
She Walks In Darkness
2025
Producer
A young officer leaves everything behind to go undercover in ETA, dedicating more than a decade to locating the terrorist groups' hideouts in France.

Wolfgang
2025
as Él mismo
Wolfgang, a 9-year-old boy with an IQ of 125, is forced to live with his father, Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother....

The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire
2024
as J. A.

Free Falling
2024
Producer
Marisol is the national rhythmic gymnastics coach, methodical, demanding and authoritative. The World Championship is approaching and she places all h...

Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
2024
as Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter
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.

Society of the Snow
2023
Director, Producer, Screenplay
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.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
Executive Producer, Director
An edited version of the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, shown exclusively to fans in cinemas around the world in Aug...

A Perfect Enemy
2021
Thanks
Famed architect Jeremy Angust is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl named Texel Textor who needs a ride. He obliges and afte...

Cinema mon amour
2019
as Self
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...

Querido Fotogramas
2018
as Self
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 ...
Fallen Kingdom: The Kingdom Evolves
2018
as Self
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.
Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
2018
as Self
A detailed exploration of honoring the dinosaurs of past Jurassic Park films while using cutting-edge technology to make them more realistic.

Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation
2018
as Self
Bryce Dallas Howard, J. A. Bayona, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, and Jeff Goldblum chat about all things Jurassic.
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
2018
as Self
A favorite character appears to bookend this film.
Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia
2018
as Self
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. I...
Fallen Kingdom: Island Action
2018
as Self
Crafting some of the key action scenes in Hawaii (and elsewhere around the world).

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Director
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Cla...

I Hate New York
2018
Executive Producer
New York, post 9/11: Armed with a home video camera and no script, the director delves into the private lives of four women artists and transgender ac...

Marrowbone
2017
Executive Producer
A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
2017
as Self - Filmmaker
How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Span...

The Queen of Spain
2016
as Projectionist
After her experiences in Nazi Germany, actress Macarena Granada traveled to Hollywood, where she became a star. In the 1950s, the diva returns to Fran...

A Monster Calls
2016
Director
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.

The Great Illusion
2016
as Self
Known as "El Mago Pop," illusionist Antonio Díaz shocks and awes celebrities and bystanders around the world with his mind-blowing performances.

The Great Illusion
2016
Thanks
Known as "El Mago Pop," illusionist Antonio Díaz shocks and awes celebrities and bystanders around the world with his mind-blowing performances.

Don't Leave Me
2015
Executive Producer
Laura and Luis. Two characters mired in contradiction: she wants to go back to him but attacks and rebuffs him; he doesn’t want her back, but there he...
Nine Days in Haiti
2015
as Narrator (voice)
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 ...
Nine Days in Haiti
2015
Director, Writer
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 ...
Mundos virtuales
2013
Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today
2013
as J. A. Bayona
Our two friends from the webpage El Mundo Today show the Venga Monjas Montjuïc, the holy mountain.

The Impossible
2012
Director
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idylli...

Spanish Movie
2009
as Alfrodo
Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to comedy and a high reserve of surprises ...
La Desgracia en 3D
2008
Director, Writer

The Orphanage
2007
Director
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 communicat...

The Spongeman
2003
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
Jonathan, a ten-year-old boy from a suburb of Barcelona, spends his afternoons listening to the adventures of Sponge Man, a superhero created by the B...
Diminutos del calvario
2001
Director

Mis vacaciones
1999
Director, Screenplay
A child's initiatory journey into the world of adults during summer vacation after watching a movie on the last day of school.

Crazy Old Lady
N/A
Producer
Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What seems like a simple mission soon bec...
In Blood and Fire
N/A
Director, Screenplay
A collection of stories set during the Spanish Civil War, ranging from an account of Republican executions in a Madrid bombarded by Franco's forces an...
Truce
N/A
Director
Focused on the World War I. The film will follow a squadron of soldiers, who are on the front line during the First World War, have an opportunity to ...