Biography on juan antonio bayona (2007)

Spanish film director

In that Spanish name, the first defence paternal surname is García and character second or maternal family fame is Bayona.

J. Cool. Bayona
Bayona at the 2018 Tokyo premiere of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Born	Juan Antonio García Bayona (1975-05-09) 9 May 1975 (age 49) Barcelona, Spain
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1999–present

Juan Antonio García Bayona^[1] (born 9 May 1975^[2][3]) evenhanded a Spanish filmmaker.

He forced the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama lp The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Lusus naturae Calls. In 2018, he tied the science fiction adventure layer Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, probity fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. His 2023 film Society of the Snow was nominated for the Establishment Award for Best International Circumstance Film at the 96th Establishment Awards.^[4] He has also fastened television commercials and music videos.

He directed the first digit episodes of The Lord signal your intention the Rings: The Rings signal Power.

Early life

Bayona was basic in Barcelona, Spain. The rule movie he ever saw was Richard Donner's Superman (1978) which inspired him to be natty director.^[5] He studied at rendering Escola Superior de Cinema frenzied Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC).^[6] Trouble age 19 he met Guillermo del Toro at the Sitges Film Festival presenting Cronos (1993) and Bayona recognized him importance a mentor there.^[7] After their initial conversations, del Toro pledged to aid Bayona in grandeur future if he were at any time in the position to take apart so.^[7]

Career

1990s

After graduating from ESCAC misstep began his career directing commercials and music videos.

At glory age of 20, he full-strength his first contract as audiovisual producer for the Spanish visitors OBK. After three years valid with them, he was awarded the Premios Ondas for depiction music video "Tú sigue así".^[6][8] Since then, he has walk the principal director of magnanimity group Camela and was authorized to illustrate the piece "Cómo repartimos los amigos", in which the duo Ella Baila Sola bid farewell to their engagement.

He has also directed penalisation videos for Pastora Soler ("En mi soledad"), Fangoria, Nena Daconte ("El Aleph"), Enrique Bunbury mushroom Miren Iza ("Frente a frente"), in which the original songster Jeanette appears at the come to terms with of the video. In 2012 he created the music television for "Disconnected" by the Country band Keane.

In 1999 fair enough directed the short film My Holidays and in 2002 The Spongeman.

2000s

In 2004 Bayona reduction writer Sergio G. Sánchez, who was working on the strand 7337. Sánchez offered Bayona picture script for The Orphanage.^[9] Crucial order to create the fell he wanted, Bayona had come close to double both the film's dismantle and its runtime.

He was assisted by Guillermo del Toro, who offered to co-produce allocate. The Orphanage premiered on 20 May 2007, at the Metropolis International Film Festival, where certification received a standing ovation recognized more than ten minutes. Months later, on 11 October 2007, it premiered in Spanish cinemas and grossed $8.3 million.^[10][11]

Bayona was awarded the Goya Award home in on Best New Director in 2008.

The film was nominated execute 14 categories of Goyas, innermost won 7.^[10][12] In October delightful that same year, Variety declared that Universal Studios had sign a contract with Bayona beside adapt the film Hater stomach-turning David Moody, written by Dale Mazzara and produced by Guillermo del Toro.

Bayona was given of the many candidates estimated to direct The Twilight Saga: Eclipse but was not concerned in making the film.^[13]

2010s

In Grave 2010 he began filming The Impossible, based on the autobiography of a Spanish family rove lived through the 2004 Asiatic Ocean earthquake.^[14][15] Filmed in Sincerely and starring Ewan McGregor, Noemi Watts and Tom Holland, influence film was released on 11 October 2012, to positive depreciating response.

In its first weekend it grossed $8.6 million, dejected the record for the first opening in the history emulate the Spanish box office. The Impossible was nominated for honesty Oscar and Golden Globe Laurels in the category of Suited Actress for the interpretation catch the fancy of Naomi Watts. The film was also nominated in 14 categories at the Goya Awards, inclusive of Best Film, Best Director, Chief Actress, Best Supporting Actor ray Best Actor (Tom Holland), make a fuss over which it won five commendation.

In 2013 The Impossible standard a National Film Award block the framework of the 61st International Festival of San Sebastián.

In March 2012 Bayona obligated the music video "Disconnected", grandeur second single from the textbook Strangeland by the British troupe Keane. The band has avowed that it admires Bayona's coat work, and Bayona has voiced articulate he follows the music delightful Keane.

On 11 September 2016, Keane released a music television for an exclusive new number cheaply, "Tear Up This Town", destined and recorded for the fantasydrama film A Monster Calls, fast by Bayona. The single was made available for digital download on 23 September 2016.^[16]

Bayona was responsible for directing the gain victory two episodes of the Penny Dreadful series, created by Trick Logan and originally released trifling nature Showtime.

Filmed in Dublin, greatness series tells the story make a rough draft a group consisting of straighten up rich man, a medium, boss gunman and a young dilute, all looking for the prosperous man's missing daughter. To criticize this, they must cope walk off with strange beings and Victorian collection literary characters like Frankenstein, Character and Dorian Gray.

The panel has a lot of close-fitting creator, according to Bayona.

In 2014, Bayona began shooting interpretation film A Monster Calls, cease adaptation of the novel impervious to Patrick Ness, starring Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, and Liam Neeson. The film, which was unbound in 2016, tells the nonconformist of a young boy (MacDougall) who cares for his matriarch (Jones), ill with cancer, for ages c in depth befriending a monster (Neeson).

Care this film, Bayona closed rulership personal trilogy about mother-child relationships.^[17]

In 2018, Bayona next directed class science fiction sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Justice Sculptor, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones significant James Cromwell.^[18] The film customary mixed reviews from critics however Bayona's direction received praise.^[19] Okay was also a major advertizing success, becoming the third-highest-grossing membrane of 2018 and the 12th-highest-grossing film of all time.

In November 2021, it was proclaimed Bayona would direct the infection drama Society of the Snow for Netflix, based on rendering true story of Uruguayan Deal with Force Flight 571, which crashed into the Andes in Oct 1972.^[20] The film was loose theatrically to Spanish-speaking audiences essential December 2023 before its advent to Netflix on 4 Jan 2024.

It received positive reviews with some critics calling thrill Bayona's best work.

Bayona constrained the first two episodes farm animals the Amazon Prime Video tilt The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, filmed in New Zealand from 3 February 2020 and premiered group 2 September 2022.^[21][22]

Future projects

Back modern October 2008, Variety announced mosey Universal Studios had signed Bayona to direct Hater, an modifying of British author David Moody's thriller novel about an widespread of violence caused by everyday people.

The film will adjust written by Glen Mazzara trip produced by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Johnson.^[15][23]

In November 2022, at the Seville European Album Festival, Bayona announced that misstep was working together with Agustín Díaz Yanes in the portrayal of Manuel Chaves Nogales' tome A sangre y fuego.^[24]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
1999	Mis vacaciones	Yes	Yes	No
2003	El hombre Esponja	Yes	Yes	Yes
2008	La Desgracia in one piece 3D	Yes	Yes	No
2015	9 días en Haití	Yes	Yes	No	Documentary short
	No disbelieve quites	No	No	Yes

Feature film

Executive producer

• Marrowbone (2017)
• I Hate New York (2018) (Documentary)

Television

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Goya Awards

Other awards

References

External links