J.A. Bayona

J.A. Bayona

1975-05-09 Barcelona, Spain 39 Credits

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 ...

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She Walks In Darkness

2025

Producer

Producing

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

Wolfgang

2025

as Él mismo

7.1
Acting

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

The Cause of The Accident That Started The Fire

2024

as J. A.

Acting
Free Falling

Free Falling

2024

Producer

6.8
Producing

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?

Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?

2024

as Self - Director, Producer & Screenwriter

7.4
Acting

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

Society of the Snow

2023

Director, Producer, Screenplay

8.0
Directing Producing Writing

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

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

2022

Executive Producer, Director

7.2
Producing Directing

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

A Perfect Enemy

2021

Thanks

6.4

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

Cinema mon amour

2019

as Self

Acting

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

Querido Fotogramas

2018

as Self

4.0
Acting

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

Acting

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

4.8
Acting

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

Fallen Kingdom: The Conversation

2018

as Self

Acting

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

6.0
Acting

A favorite character appears to bookend this film.

Fallen Kingdom: Aboard The Arcadia

2018

as Self

Acting

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

Acting

Crafting some of the key action scenes in Hawaii (and elsewhere around the world).

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018

Director

6.5
Directing

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

I Hate New York

2018

Executive Producer

3.5
Producing

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

Marrowbone

2017

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

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

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar

2017

as Self - Filmmaker

8.2
Acting

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

The Queen of Spain

2016

as Projectionist

5.1
Acting

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

A Monster Calls

2016

Director

7.3
Directing

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

The Great Illusion

2016

as Self

2.0
Acting

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

The Great Illusion

2016

Thanks

2.0

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

Don't Leave Me

2015

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

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)

8.0
Acting

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

8.0
Directing Writing

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

Acting

Coneix la teva ciutat: El Mundo Today

2013

as J. A. Bayona

Acting

Our two friends from the webpage El Mundo Today show the Venga Monjas Montjuïc, the holy mountain.

The Impossible

The Impossible

2012

Director

7.4
Directing

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

Spanish Movie

2009

as Alfrodo

5.0
Acting

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

Directing Writing
The Orphanage

The Orphanage

2007

Director

7.2
Directing

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

The Spongeman

2003

Writer, Director, Executive Producer

7.0
Writing Directing Producing

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

Directing
Mis vacaciones

Mis vacaciones

1999

Director, Screenplay

7.0
Directing Writing

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

Crazy Old Lady

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Directing Writing

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

Directing

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 ...