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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films with fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of special effects, including frequent depictions of explosions. The films he has directed include Bad Boys (1995) and its sequel Bad Boys II (2003), The Rock (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), the first five films in the Transformers film series, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), 6 Underground (2019), and Ambulance (2022). His films have grossed over US$7.8 billion worldwide, making him one of history's most commercially successful directors. He is co-founder of the production house the Institute and co-owns Platinum Dunes, a production house that has remade horror films, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amityville Horror (2005), The Hitcher (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Bay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Miami Vice
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Neighbors
Armageddon
Bad Boys II
Transformers
Transformers: Age of Extinction
6 Underground
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Coyote Ugly
Bad Boys for Life
Bad Boys: Legacy
T.J. Miller: Farm Hippie
Production Credits
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Pearl Harbor
Ouija
A Quiet Place: Day One
Armageddon
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe Crossover Movie
Untitled Skibidi Toilet Film
Bad Boys
The Forever Purge
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
A Quiet Place
Friday the 13th
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers: The Last Knight
The Purge
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Ambulance
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
I Am Yours
Transformers
The First Purge
A Quiet Place Part II
Black Sails
Apartment 7A
Night Court
Indecent Proposal
A Quiet Place Part III
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
6 Underground
The Last Ship
Bumblebee
Pain & Gain
Drop
Ouija: Origin of Evil
I Am Number Four
The Rock
Songbird
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Untitled Transformers Film
The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Election Year
Project Almanac
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Transformers One
The Purge
The Amityville Horror
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Bad Boys II
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