J. A. Bayona
Juan Antonio Bayona | |
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 Juan Antonio Bayona in Paris in January 2008 | |
| Born | Juan Antonio Bayona |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Juan Antonio Bayona (born 1975 in Barcelona) is a Spanish film director. As well as directing commercials and music videos, Bayona is best known for directing his acclaimed horror film The Orphanage. Bayona is currently working on his English-language debut with Hater which was announced in October of 2008.
Career
Bayona grew up with a passion for films which first lead him to be a journalist and then to studying directing at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia.[1] During the 1993 Sitges Film Festival in Spain, Bayona met director Guillermo Del Toro who presenting his film Cronos.[2] Del Toro promised to aid Bayona in the future if he was ever in the position to do so.[2] After graduation from the school, Bayona has started his career directing commercials and pop videos for famous Spanish musical groups such as OBK, Hevia, Ella Baila Sola and Camela.[1][3] Bayona directed two short films My Holidays (Template:Lang-es) in 1999 and The Spongeman (Template:Lang-es) in 2002.[1]
In 2004, Bayona met Sergio G. Sánchez who was working on his short film 7337 and offered Bayona his script for The Orphanage.[4][5] In order to create the film as he wanted, Bayona had to double both the film's budget and the amount of filming time.[6] To accomplish this, Bayona received help from fellow film director Guillermo del Toro who offered to co-produce the film as soon as he learned about it.[6] The Orphanage premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2007 and received with a ten minute ovation from the audience.[7] The Orphanage had a wide release in Spain on October 11, 2007 and was immensely successful in Spain after an $8.3 million four-day launch from 350 screens. The film was the second highest-grossing debut ever for a Spanish film and was the biggest opening of the year, making it even larger than the worldwide success of the Spanish film Pan's Labyrinth.[8][7] The Orphanage earned Bayona the award for Best New Director at the 2008 Goya Awards in Spain.[9]
In October 2008, Variety announced that Universal Studios has signed Bayona to direct Hater, an adaptation of British author David Moody's thriller novel about an epidemic of violence caused by regular people. The film will be written by Glen Mazzara and produced by Guillermo Del Toro.[10]
Bayona has been announced as the director of the Twilight Saga's 2010 Eclipse movie.[11]
Filmography
- My Holidays (1999)
- The Spongeman (2002)
- The Orphanage (2007)
- Hater (2010)
- Eclipse (2010)
References
- ^ a b c "Home > Program 2008 > Honorary Chairman & Guests > Juan Antonio Bayona". Osaka European Film Festival. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "The Orphanage - Juan Antonio Bayona interview". indieLondon. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ "Juan Antonio Bayona dirige el nuevo videoclip de OBK". Don Musica (in Spanish). Retrieved 2009-01-13.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Quint interviews Juan Antonio Bayona and Sergio Sanchez about the nifty horror flick The Orphanage". Aintitcoolnews. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ "About the Screenplay". Picturehouse. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ a b "About the Production". Picturehouse. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ a b "'El Orfanato' left off Oscar shortlist". thinkSPAIN. January 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ Conor Bresnan (2007-10-17). ""Around the World Roundup: 'Ratatouille' Squashes Competitors"". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
- ^ "The Orphanage Awards". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ "Bayona to direct Universal's 'Hater'". Variety. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
- ^ "New Moon director's brother Paul Weitz and Drew Barrymore out, Juan Antonio Bayona for Eclipse". Twilight Examiner. 2009-03-11. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
External links
- J. A. Bayona at AllMovie
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- Juan Antonio Bayona at Rotten Tomatoes
