FILM DIRECTOR

J. A. Bayona

1975 - Today

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Juan Antonio García Bayona (born 9 May 1975) is a Spanish filmmaker. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. In 2018, he directed the science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. A. Bayona has received more than 1,418,268 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). J. A. Bayona is the 859th most popular film director (up from 1,143rd in 2019), the 1,301st most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,531st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Spanish Film Director.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, J. A. Bayona ranks 859 out of 2,041. Before him are Hasse Ekman, Phillip Noyce, Jamie Uys, Gregory Hoblit, Jan Němec, and Krsto Papić. After him are Ronny Yu, Jean Becker, Yash Chopra, Shinobu Hashimoto, Eugeniusz Bodo, and Wolfgang Becker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, J. A. Bayona ranks 88. Before him are Cécile de France, Dario Šimić, Sienna Guillory, Lauryn Hill, Viktor Kassai, and İlhan Mansız. After him are Iván Helguera, Mehmet Günsür, Manuel Ferrara, Travis Barker, Gala, and Keiko Fujimori.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, J. A. Bayona ranks 1,301 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan de Villanueva (1739), Amadeo García (1887), Celestino Aós Braco (1945), José Araquistáin (1937), Goyo Benito (1946), and Romà Forns (1885). After him are Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1133), Francisco Coll Guitart (1812), José Luis López Vázquez (1922), Pero López de Ayala (1332), Louis Alphonse, Duke of Anjou (1974), and Belén Rueda (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, J. A. Bayona ranks 15. Before him are Néstor Almendros (1930), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), Fernando Trueba (1955), Isabel Coixet (1960), and Julio Medem (1958). After him are Álex de la Iglesia (1965), Mario Camus (1935), Rafael Azcona (1926), José Luis Garci (1944), Agustí Villaronga (1953), and Luis Alcoriza (1918).

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