J. A. Bayona
6 films · 2007 to 2023
Born 9 May 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
Defining films
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Bayona cited classics like Jean Renoir's 'Grand Illusion' as some of his biggest influences on the film.