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Michael Bay
3 FOLLOWERS • 57 CREDITS • FEB 17, 1965 • 59
Biography
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is a film director and producer. He is best known for directing high-budget action films characterized by fast edits, polished visuals and substantial use of practical effects. His films, which include "The Rock" (1996), "Armageddon" (1998), "Pearl Harbor" (2001) and entries in the "Bad Boys" (1995-2003) and "Transformers" (2007-2017) series, have grossed over three billion dollars worldwide. He is co-founder of commercial production house The Institute, a.k.a. The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness; he is co-chair and part-owner of the special effects house Digital Domain; and he co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production company which has remade horror movies including "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (2003), "Friday the 13th" (2009) and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010).
Known For
Production Credits
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Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
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The Purge: Election Year
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The Purge
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A Quiet Place Part III
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A Quiet Place: Day One
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Pain & Gain
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A Quiet Place
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The Purge: Anarchy
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
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Friday the 13th
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The Amityville Horror
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I Am Number Four
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
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Songbird
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I Am Yours
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
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The First Purge
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Bad Boys II
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6 Underground
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Transformers
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Ambulance
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Black Sails
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
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Armageddon
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Bumblebee
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Project Almanac
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Transformers: The Last Knight
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The Forever Purge
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The Last Ship
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The Purge
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
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Bad Boys
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Night Court
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Transformers One
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The Rock
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Pearl Harbor
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A Quiet Place Part II
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Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
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Apartment 7A
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Indecent Proposal
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