
J. A. Bayona
Director · b. 1975 · 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).
Movies14
Movie7.4DocumentaryAn in-depth look at the creative process behind "Society of the Snow," featuring cast, crew, director J.A. Bayona and even real-life survivors.
La sociedad de la nieve: ¿Quiénes fuimos en la montaña?
Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?
2024 · 68 votes
Movie6.6FamilyDramaWolfgang, a 10-year-old boy with an IQ of 152, is forced to live with his father, Carles, whom he has never seen, after the sudden death of his mother. He has one obsession, to run away to Paris to study at the Grimald Academy and become the best pianist in the world. But what Wolfgang doesn’t know is that the biggest challenge is right in front of him and that is to get along with his father.
Movie4.0DocumentaryThe 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.
Querido Fotogramas
2018 · 2 votes
Movie5.2ComedyAfter 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.)
Movie5.0ComedyLarge 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 constitute the ingredients of this crazy comedy: Spanish Movie.
Spanish Movie
2009 · 195 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryComedyLa vida és Verdi
2026 · 3 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Crafting some of the key action scenes in Hawaii (and elsewhere around the world).
- Movie6.0Documentary
A favorite character appears to bookend this film.
Fallen Kingdom: Malcolm's Return
2018 · 1 votes
- 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.
MovieDocumentaryBryce Dallas Howard, J. A. Bayona, Colin Trevorrow, Chris Pratt, and Jeff Goldblum chat about all things Jurassic.
- Movie4.8Documentary
A detailed exploration of honoring the dinosaurs of past Jurassic Park films while using cutting-edge technology to make them more realistic.
Fallen Kingdom: VFX Evolved
2018 · 3 votes
Movie7.8DocumentaryTV MovieHow the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Spanish television.
Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar
2017 · 6 votes
- Movie8.0Documentary
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.
- MovieDocumentary
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.
Series6
TV4.5ComedyTalk ShowDavid Broncano, along with Jorge Ponce, Ricardo Castella and his other collaborators, lead La Revuelta, a comedy show that includes multiple sections and interviews from the Teatro Príncipe Gran Vía in Madrid.
La Revuelta
2024 · 4 votes
TVTalk ShowComedy
TV8.0ComedyAlguna pregunta més?
2004 · 4 votes
TV1.0ComedyMarc Giró presents a very entertaining late night show with interviews with prominent personalities from the world of cinema, theatre, music, television, literature and social activism in our national scene.
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023 · 1 votes
TV30 minuts
1984
TVDocumentary