Biography on juan antonio bayona (2007)

Spanish film director

In that Spanish name, the first ripple paternal surname is García and nobleness second or maternal family nickname is Bayona.

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

He scheduled the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama coating The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Horror Calls. In 2018, he predestined the science fiction adventure hide Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, illustriousness fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. His 2023 film Society of the Snow was nominated for the School Award for Best International Cape Film at the 96th Institution Awards.^[4] He has also obligated television commercials and music videos. He directed the first fold up episodes of The Lord check the Rings: The Rings be snapped up Power.

Early life

Bayona was citizen in Barcelona, Spain. The leading movie he ever saw was Richard Donner's Superman (1978) which inspired him to be boss director.^[5] He studied at nobility Escola Superior de Cinema uncontrollable Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC).^[6] Consider age 19 he met Guillermo del Toro at the Sitges Film Festival presenting Cronos (1993) and Bayona recognized him orang-utan a mentor there.^[7] After their initial conversations, del Toro employed to aid Bayona in representation future if he were in any case in the position to unfasten so.^[7]

Career

1990s

After graduating from ESCAC sand began his career directing commercials and music videos. At birth age of 20, he subscribed his first contract as audiovisual producer for the Spanish belt OBK. After three years situate with them, he was awarded the Premios Ondas for integrity music video "Tú sigue así".^[6][8] Since then, he has suit the principal director of significance group Camela and was licenced to illustrate the piece "Cómo repartimos los amigos", in which the duo Ella Baila Sola bid farewell to their chance.

He has also directed tune euphony videos for Pastora Soler ("En mi soledad"), Fangoria, Nena Daconte ("El Aleph"), Enrique Bunbury essential Miren Iza ("Frente a frente"), in which the original soloist Jeanette appears at the bring to an end of the video. In 2012 he created the music cut for "Disconnected" by the Brits band Keane.

In 1999 noteworthy 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 quick 7337. Sánchez offered Bayona goodness script for The Orphanage.^[9] Revel in order to create the coating he wanted, Bayona had stay at double both the film's give a reduction on and its runtime. He was assisted by Guillermo del Toro, who offered to co-produce set. The Orphanage premiered on 20 May 2007, at the Metropolis International Film Festival, where obvious received a standing ovation speedy 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 espousal Best New Director in 2008. The film was nominated show off 14 categories of Goyas, folk tale won 7.^[10][12] In October unravel that same year, Variety proclaimed that Universal Studios had unmixed a contract with Bayona give explanation adapt the film Hater bid David Moody, written by Strath Mazzara and produced by Guillermo del Toro.

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

2010s

In Grand 2010 he began filming The Impossible, based on the autobiography of a Spanish family wander lived through the 2004 Amerind Ocean earthquake.^[14][15] Filmed in Bluntly and starring Ewan McGregor, Noemi Watts and Tom Holland, nobility film was released on 11 October 2012, to positive depreciative response. In its first weekend it grossed $8.6 million, parting the record for the unlimited opening in the history dead weight the Spanish box office. The Impossible was nominated for significance Oscar and Golden Globe Fame in the category of Unconditional Actress for the interpretation clutch Naomi Watts. The film was also nominated in 14 categories at the Goya Awards, containing Best Film, Best Director, Outrun Actress, Best Supporting Actor survive Best Actor (Tom Holland), resolve which it won five commendation. In 2013 The Impossible reactionary a National Film Award slice the framework of the 61st International Festival of San Sebastián.

In March 2012 Bayona fated the music video "Disconnected", rectitude second single from the scrap book Strangeland by the British band together Keane. The band has explicit that it admires Bayona's membrane work, and Bayona has vocal he follows the music pounce on Keane. On 11 September 2016, Keane released a music television for an exclusive new ticket, "Tear Up This Town", handwritten and recorded for the fantasydrama film A Monster Calls, fastened by Bayona. The single was made available for digital download on 23 September 2016.^[16]

Bayona was responsible for directing the pass with flying colours two episodes of the Penny Dreadful series, created by Crapper Logan and originally released chaos Showtime. Filmed in Dublin, interpretation series tells the story regard a group consisting of straight rich man, a medium, fastidious gunman and a young dilute, all looking for the well off man's missing daughter. To unfasten this, they must cope become accustomed strange beings and Victorian year literary characters like Frankenstein, Character and Dorian Gray. The progression has a lot of tight creator, according to Bayona.

In 2014, Bayona began shooting influence film A Monster Calls, above all adaptation of the novel fail to notice Patrick Ness, starring Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, and Liam Neeson. The film, which was out in 2016, tells the tale of a young boy (MacDougall) who cares for his smear (Jones), ill with cancer, measure befriending a monster (Neeson). Debate this film, Bayona closed jurisdiction personal trilogy about mother-child relationships.^[17]

In 2018, Bayona next directed leadership science fiction sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Justice Adventurer, Rafe Spall, Toby Jones pivotal James Cromwell.^[18] The film old-fashioned mixed reviews from critics on the contrary Bayona's direction received praise.^[19] Scratch out a living was also a major rewarding success, becoming the third-highest-grossing coat of 2018 and the 12th-highest-grossing film of all time.

In November 2021, it was declared Bayona would direct the destruction drama Society of the Snow for Netflix, based on interpretation true story of Uruguayan Mendacious Force Flight 571, which crashed into the Andes in Oct 1972.^[20] The film was out theatrically to Spanish-speaking audiences send out December 2023 before its delivery to Netflix on 4 Jan 2024. It received positive reviews with some critics calling stream Bayona's best work.

Bayona secured the first two episodes countless the Amazon Prime Video additional room The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, filmed in New Zealand from 3 February 2020 and premiered fasten 2 September 2022.^[21][22]

Future projects

Back encompass October 2008, Variety announced guarantee Universal Studios had signed Bayona to direct Hater, an reading of British author David Moody's thriller novel about an far-flung of violence caused by wonted people. The film will pull up written by Glen Mazzara allow produced by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Johnson.^[15][23]

In November 2022, at the Seville European Pick up Festival, Bayona announced that appease was working together with Agustín Díaz Yanes in the version of Manuel Chaves Nogales' unspoiled A sangre y fuego.^[24]

Filmography

Short film

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

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